February 12, 2020 - Issue: Vol. 166, No. 29 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 2nd Session

[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E176]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                       HON. DONALD M. PAYNE, JR.

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 12, 2020

  Mr. PAYNE. Madam Speaker, due to a medical reason, I was unable to 
vote on the following 10 Roll Call Amendments/Bills.
  Had I been present, I would have voted: YEA on Roll Call No. 60 
(DeGette Amendment)--Makes changes to Title I--Colorado Wilderness and 
designates an additional 60,000 acres wilderness; NAY on Roll Call No. 
61 (McClintock Amendment No. 2)--Authorizes local counties to veto 
Congressionally approved wilderness designations; NAY on Roll Call No. 
62 (McClintock Amendment No. 3)--Allows the Secretary of Agriculture or 
the Secretary of the Interior to veto wilderness and wild and scenic 
river designations authorized by Congress under this Act if the areas 
do not meet the definition of wilderness in the Wilderness Actor the 
criteria for designation under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act; YEA on 
Roll Call No. 63 (Panetta Amendment)--States that the Secretary of the 
Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture may manage for fire, insects, 
and diseases in wilderness areas designated by this Act; NAY on Roll 
Call No. 64 (Westerman Amendment No. 6)--Allows the Secretary of 
Agriculture or Secretary of the Interior to exempt from wilderness 
designations under the Act any area determined by the Secretary to be 
at high risk of wildfire; NAY on Roll Call No. 65 (Westerman Amendment 
No. 7)--Strikes all designations of ``potential'' wilderness under the 
bill; YEA on Roll Call No. 66 (Cunningham Amendment)--Ensures that 
military aircraft overflights, units of special air space, and flight 
training routes are allowed over wilderness areas designated by this 
Act; NAY on Roll Call No. 67 (Tipton Amendment No. 9)--Strikes 
wilderness additions in the 3rd Congressional District of Colorado; NAY 
on Roll Call No. 68 (Republican Motion to Recommit on H.R. 2546); and 
YEA on Roll Call No. 69 (Final Passage of H.R. 2546)--Protecting 
America's Wilderness Act (Rep. DeGette--Natural Resources).

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