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On the recordMay 4, 2011
On rollcall No. 288, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' The Acting CHAIR. Under the rule, the Committee rises. Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Ms. Foxx) having assumed the chair, Mrs. Myrick, Acting Chair of the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, reported that that Committee, having had under consideration the bill (H.R. 1214) to repeal mandatory funding for school-based health center construction, and, pursuant to House Resolution 236, reported the bill back to the House. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the rule, the previous question is ordered. The question is on the engrossment and third reading of the bill. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was read the third time. Motion to Recommit Mrs. McCARTHY of New York. Madam Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentlewoman opposed to the bill? Mrs. McCARTHY of New York. I am, in its current form.
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Stephen Lee Fincher
Tennessee
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May 4, 2011

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