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On the recordMay 20, 2010
On rollcall No. 284 I was detained at a luncheon honoring the President of Mexico, since I am Chairman of the Western Hemisphere Committee of the Foreign Affairs Committee, and was unable to get back to the vote on time. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.'' ____________________
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

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