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On the recordMarch 27, 2012
Today I was unavoidably detained on the following votes: On rollcall 134, the Crowley amendment, I would have voted ``aye.'' On rollcall vote 135, the Eshoo amendment, I would have voted ``aye.'' On rollcall vote No. 136, the Owens amendment, I would have voted ``aye.'' ____________________
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Sheila Jackson Lee
Democratic · Texas

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