[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 51 (Friday, March 23, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E636]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                          HON. JOHN B. LARSON

                             of connecticut

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, March 23, 2007

  Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. Madam Speaker, I will like to submit this 
statement for the Record and regret that I was unavoidably detained 
with legislative business on March 20, 2007 on the vote for rollcall 
vote No. 164 and on March 22, 2007 on the vote for rollcall No. 181.
  Had I been present, I would have voted:
  ``No'' on rollcall No. 164 on the amendment to H.R. 1227 that would 
require recipients of rental assistance under the bill--those displaced 
from their homes, many of whom lost their jobs as a result of 
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita--to perform 20 hours per week of approved 
work activities.
  ``Yea'' on rollcall No. 181 on the motion to suspend the rules and 
pass H. Con. Res. 66, permitting the use of the rotunda of the Capitol 
for a ceremony as part of the commemoration of the days of remembrance 
of victims of the Holocaust.

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