[Extensions of Remarks]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                     HON. ERIC A. ``RICK'' CRAWFORD

                              of arkansas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 15, 2019

  Mr. CRAWFORD. Madam Speaker, I was absent September 18 through 20, 
2019 due to a knee injury that inhibited travel to Washington, D.C. Had 
I been present, I would have voted: ``yes'' for H.R. 4378, Making 
continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2020, and for other purposes, 
and ``no'' for H.R. 1423, Forced Arbitration Injustice.
  I was absent September 24 through 27, 2019 due to a knee injury that 
inhibited travel to Washington, D.C. Had I been present, I would have 
voted: ``no'' on H.R. 2203, Homeland Security Improvement Act; ``no'' 
on Democrat Motion to Table the Question of the Privileges of the 
House, stating: That the House of Representatives disapproves of the 
actions of the Speaker of the House, Mrs. Pelosi of California, to 
initiate an impeachment inquiry against the duly elected President of 
the United States, Donald J. Trump; ``yes'' on H. Res. 576, Expressing 
the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the 
whistleblower complaint of August 12, 2019, made to the Inspector 
General of the Intelligence Community; ``no'' on H.R. 3525, U.S. Border 
Patrol Medical Screening Standards Act; ``no'' on S.J. Res. 54, 
Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on February 
15, 2019; and ``no'' on Democrat Motion to Table the Question of the 
Privileges of the House, stating: That the House of Representatives 
disapproves of the actions of the Speaker of the House, Mrs. Pelosi of 
California, to initiate an impeachment inquiry against the duly elected 
President of the United States, Donald J. Trump.

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