On the recordJuly 12, 2011
I was on official business on last Friday, July 8, with the privilege of seeing the last shuttle launch in Florida, the Atlantis, a very important issue for my congressional district and, I might say, a mighty, magnificent expression of American genius. Because of that, I missed the following roll call votes on Thursday, July 7, which I would like to submit into the Record. I will read them very briefly. For roll call vote No. 521--and these were under the Defense appropriations bill--I would have voted ``yes.'' For roll call vote 522, I would have voted ``no.'' Roll call vote 523, I would have voted ``yes.'' For roll call vote 524, ``Reaffirming the United States commitment to a negotiated settlement of the Israeli- Palestinian conflict through direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, and for other purposes,'' I would have voted ``aye.'' For Friday, July 8, when I, as well, missed votes for that reason, official business, for roll call vote No. 525, I would have voted ``no.'' For roll call vote 526, I would have voted ``no.'' Roll call vote 527, I would have voted ``no.'' Roll call vote 528, which interferes with the chaplain's duties in the United States military, I would have voted a resounding ``no.'' For roll call vote 529, I would have voted ``no.'' Roll call vote 530, I would have voted ``no.'' And for roll call vote 533, I would have voted ``yes.'' Mr.…
