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Sheila Jackson Lee: I wish to state for the Record how I would have voted on rollcall votes 7 to 23 that I missed today because I was…

On the recordJanuary 7, 2016
I wish to state for the Record how I would have voted on rollcall votes 7 to 23 that I missed today because I was detained in my district on official business: On rollcall vote No. 7, I would have voted ``aye,'' the Johnson amendment. On rollcall vote No. 8, I would have voted ``aye,'' the Cummings- Connolly amendment. On rollcall vote No. 9, the Lynch amendment, I would have voted ``aye.'' On rollcall vote No. 10, the Jackson Lee amendment offered by Mr. Johnson, I would have voted ``aye.'' On rollcall vote No. 11, I would have voted ``aye,'' Messrs. Cummings-Connolly amendment. On rollcall vote No. 12, I would have vote ``aye,'' Democratic motion to recommit on H.R. 712. On rollcall vote No. 13, I would have voted ``no'' on passage of H.R. 712, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2015. On rollcall vote No. 14, I would have voted ``aye'' on the Johnson amendment. On rollcall vote No. 15, I would have voted ``aye'' on the Cummings- Connolly amendment. On rollcall vote No. 16, I would have voted ``aye'' on the Cicilline amendment. On rollcall vote No. 17, I would have voted ``aye'' on the DelBene amendment. On rollcall vote No. 18, the Jackson Lee amendment offered by Mr. Cicilline, I would have voted ``aye.'' And on rollcall vote No. 19, I would have voted ``aye.'' This is on H.R. 1155, the SCRUB Act of 2015.…
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Sheila Jackson Lee
Democratic · Texas
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Jan 7, 2016

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