October 21, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 166 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1319]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                        HON. A. DONALD McEACHIN

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, October 21, 2019

  Mr. McEachin. Madam Speaker, I was unavoidably detained on September 
25, 2019 during roll call no. 542, On Ordering the Previous Question on 
the Amendment and the Resolution, H. Res. 577, Providing for 
consideration of H.R. 2203, the Homeland Security Improvement Act; H.R. 
3525, the US Border Patrol Medical Screening Standards Act; and H. Res. 
576, expressing the sense of the House with respect to the 
whistleblower complaint of August 12, 2019, made to the Inspector 
General of the Intelligence Community. Had I been present, I would have 
voted ``yea.'' I was also unavoidably detained during roll call no. 
543, On Agreeing to the Resolution, H. Res. 577, Providing for 
consideration of H.R. 2203, the Homeland Security Improvement Act; H.R. 
3525, the U.S. Border Patrol Medical Screening Standards Act; and H. 
Res. 576, expressing the sense of the House with respect to the 
whistleblower complaint of August 12, 2019, made to the Inspector 
General of the Intelligence Community. Had I been present, I would have 
voted ``yea.'' I was also unavoidably detained during roll call no. 
544, On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, H.R. 1595, 
SAFE Banking Act. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea.'' I was 
also unavoidably detained during roll call no. 545, On Motion to 
Recommit with Instructions, H.R. 2203, Homeland Security Improvement 
Act. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' I was also 
unavoidably detained during roll call no. 546, On Passage, H.R. 2203, 
Homeland Security Improvement Act. Had I been present, I would have 
voted ``yea.'' I was also unavoidably detained during roll call no. 
547, On Motion to Table, H. Res. 590, Raising a question of the 
privileges of the House. Had I been present, I would have voted 
``aye.'' I was also unavoidably detained during roll call no. 548, On 
Agreeing to the Resolution, 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. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea.''

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