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“PERSONAL EXPLANATION” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E940 on Aug. 31.
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. JAKE AUCHINCLOSS
of massachusetts
in the house of representatives
Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Mr. AUCHINCLOSS. Madam Speaker, on Wednesday, July 28, 2021, I was unable to vote. Had I been present, I would have voted Nay on Roll Call Vote 242, Motion to Recommit H.R. 4373--Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2022 (Rep. Lee
(CA)) to the Committee on Appropriations.
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