On H.R. 3730, the legislation to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs an Advisory Committee on United States Outlying Areas and Freely Associated States, and for other purposes, that was voted on, I was unavoidably detained. If I had been present, I would have voted ``aye'' on H.R. 3730. ____________________
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