[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 135 (Friday, December 8, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2235-E2236]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. GENE TAYLOR

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, December 8, 2006

  Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday, December 5th, 
2006, I was unavoidably detained, and I was unable to cast my vote 
during rollcall number 524 on H. Res.

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1070, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Members 
of the House should actively engage with employers and the American 
public at large to encourage the hiring of members and former members 
of the Armed Forces who were wounded in service and are facing a 
transition to civilian life.
  As a member of the House Armed Services Committee and a long-time 
champion of the military men and women who serve our Nation, I would 
have voted ``aye.''

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