[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 75 (Friday, May 27, 2011)] [Extensions of Remarks] [Page E983] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] PERSONAL EXPLANATION ______ HON. GENE GREEN of texas in the house of representatives Thursday, May 26, 2011 Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to explain my absence from votes cast on the evening of May 25, 2011. My voting percentage is 97.5 percent for the 112th Congress, and I rarely miss votes, but due to a prior commitment scheduled before we knew the House would be in session late tonight, I was required to fly back to Houston and miss the vote to concur with Senate amendments to the PATRIOT Act. On the vote I missed: To approve and concur with the Senate amendments on the PATRIOT Act, had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' And on final passage of the PATRIOT Act, had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' ____________________