[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 139 (Friday, September 25, 2015)] [Extensions of Remarks] [Page E1361] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] PERSONAL EXPLANATION ______ HON. ADAM SMITH of washington in the house of representatives Friday, September 25, 2015 Mr. SMITH of Washington. Mr. Speaker, on Wednesday, September 16, Thursday, September 17, and Friday, September 18, 2015, I was unable to be present for recorded votes for medical reasons related to my ongoing recovery from two hip surgeries. Had I been present, I would have voted: Yes on roll call vote No. 495 (on the motion to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 1214, as amended), Yes on roll call vote No. 496 (on the motion to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 1949, as amended), No on roll call vote No. 497 (on ordering the previous question on H. Res. 420), No on roll call vote No. 498 (on agreeing to the Collins Amendment to H. Res. 420 to waive clause 6(a) of Rule XIII of the House Rules with respect to any resolution reported on the legislative day of September 24, 2015 or September 25, 2015), No on roll call vote No. 499 (on agreeing to the resolution H. Res. 420, as amended), Yes on roll call vote No. 500 (on the motion to recommit H.R. 758, with instructions), No on roll call vote No. 501 (on passage of H.R. 758), No on roll call vote No. 502 (on ordering the previous question on H. Res. 421), No on roll call vote No. 503 (on agreeing to the resolution H. Res. 421), Yes on roll call vote No. 504 (on the motion to recommit H.R. 3134, with instructions), No on roll call vote No. 505 (on passage of H.R. 3134), No on roll call vote No. 506 (on passage of H.R. 3504). ____________________