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“PERSONAL EXPLANATION” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E92 on Jan. 24, 2019.
The State Department is responsibly for international relations with a budget of more than $50 billion. Tenure at the State Dept. is increasingly tenuous and it's seen as an extension of the President's will, ambitions and flaws.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
PERSONAL EXPLANATION
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HON. ERIC SWALWELL
of california
in the house of representatives
Thursday, January 24, 2019
Mr. SWALWELL of California. Madam Speaker, I missed votes on Tuesday, January 22. Had I been present, I would have voted as follows:
Roll Call Vote Number 44 (Passage of H.R. 676, the NATO Support Act): YES; and Roll Call Vote Number 45 (Passage of H.R. 328, the Hack Your State Department Act): YES.
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