Dutch Ruppersberger: “On rollcall No. 217 I was unable to vote due to a medical procedure. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.''…”

I know we are 7 years into the consent decree with respect to Baltimore.

We have to drill that into people's heads, that they can't use personal devices.

I think we really have to focus and see when you have certain jobs--if you want to operate on somebody in this country, you have to be a doctor, and it is the same thing here.

Due to my attendance at an event off the Capitol Hill campus, I was unable to make rollcall vote No. 166. Had I been present, I would have voted in the following manner: No. 166 ``no'' On Motion to Table.