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“PERSONAL EXPLANATION REGARDING RECORDED VOTE ON ROLL CALL 220 DURING CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 5236” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Justice was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E744 on May 9, 2012.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
PERSONAL EXPLANATION REGARDING RECORDED VOTE ON ROLL CALL 220 DURING
CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 5236
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HON. STEPHEN F. LYNCH
of massachusetts
in the house of representatives
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Mr. LYNCH. Mr. Speaker, during Floor consideration of H.R. 5326 on May 8, 2012, I mistakenly recorded my vote on rollcall 220 as ``yea'' on the question on agreeing to the amendment offered by Ms. Black of Tennessee.
I intended to vote ``no'', on the Black amendment, which sought to prohibit the Attorney General of the United States from using any funds appropriated by H.R. 5326 for the purpose of originating or joining in any lawsuit which seeks to overturn, enjoin, or invalidate a series of specified statutes related to immigration. Again, I would like reiterate my strong opposition to the Black amendment and express my significant concern that its language of limitation would unduly abrogate the longstanding prosecutorial discretion of the Department of Justice as well as undermine and violate the basic principle of separation of powers embodied by our Constitution.
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