On Monday, September 15, 2014, I was unavoidably detained attending representational activities and thus unable to return in time for rollcall vote No. 497. I would like the record to reflect that, had I been present, I would have voted ``aye'' on rollcall vote No. 497, H.R. 5108, to establish the Law School Clinic Certification Program of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and for other purposes. ____________________
Sheila Jackson Lee: “On Monday, September 15, 2014, I was unavoidably detained attending representational activities and thus unable to…”
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