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On the recordNovember 14, 2017
Mr. Speaker, on rollcall vote 631, I inadvertently pressed ``nay'' on the recording device. I intended to vote ``yea'' On Agreeing to the Conference Report to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018. personal explanation Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably absent on Tuesday, November 14, 2017. On rollcall Vote 626, the Motion on Ordering the Previous Question on the Rule, H. Res. 616, had I been present I would have voted ``no.'' On rollcall Vote 627, passage of H. Res. 616, the rule for consideration of the Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 2810, had I been present I would have voted ``no.'' On rollcall Vote 629, the Motion to Recommit H.R. 2874, had I been present I would have voted ``yes.'' On rollcall Vote 630, final passage of H.R. 2874, the 21st Century Flood Reform Act, had I been present I would have voted ``no.'' On rollcall Vote 631, agreeing to the Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 2810, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, had I been present I would have voted ``no.'' ____________________

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