[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 65 (Tuesday, May 23, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E930]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                          HON. EARL BLUMENAUER

                               of oregon

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 23, 2006

  Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 168, the Chabot-Andrews 
amendment to the Interior and Environment Appropriations, though I 
intended to vote aye, I accidentally voted nay. The Chabot-Andrews 
amendment would prohibit the Forest Service from building more roads 
for private timber in the Tongass National Forest in Alaska. The timber 
program in the Tongass costs taxpayers approximately $40 million each 
year. I have long been a supporter of reforming the road building 
program in the Tongass, and have supported this amendment in the past. 
I am pleased that the amendment ultimately passed, and I sincerely 
regret that I accidentally voted against it.

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