[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 87 (Friday, May 25, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1158-E1159]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. BRIAN BAIRD

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 24, 2007

  Mr. BAIRD. Madam Speaker, between May 16, 2007, and May 22, 2007, I 
traveled to the Middle East to attend the World Economic Forum and to 
visit with troops from my district now serving in Iraq. As a result, I 
missed a number of votes. I take my voting responsibility very 
seriously; had I been present, I would have voted the following:
  No on the Andrews Amendment to H.R. 1585, the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Roll Call 364)
  No on the DeFazio Amendment to H.R. 1585, the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Roll Call 365)
  No on the Woolsey Amendment to H.R. 1585, the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Roll Call 366)
  Aye on the Tierney Amendment to H.R. 1585, the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Roll Call 367)
  No on the Franks Amendment to H.R. 1585, the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Roll Call 368)
  No on the King Amendment to H.R. 1585, the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Roll Call 369)
  Aye on the Moran Amendment to H.R. 1585, the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Roll Call 370)
  Aye on the Holt Amendment to H.R. 1585, the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Roll Call 371)
  Aye on the Motion to Recommit H.R. 1585, the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Roll Call 372)
  Aye on final passage of H.R. 1585, the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Roll Call 373)
  Yea on H. Res. 404, providing for consideration of the H.R. 1427, the 
Federal Housing Finance Reform Act (Roll Call 374)
  Yea on ordering the previous question on H. Res. 409, providing for 
consideration of the conference report to accompany the 
concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 21) setting forth the congressional 
budget for the United States Government (Roll Call 375)

  Aye on H. Res. 409, providing for consideration of the conference 
report to accompany the concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 21) setting 
forth the congressional budget for the United States Government (Roll 
Call 376)
  Yea on agreeing to the conference report S. Con. Res. 21 (Roll Call 
377)
  No on Bachus Amendment to H.R. 1427, the Federal Housing Finance 
Reform Act (Roll Call 378)
  No on Hensarling Amendment to H.R. 1427, the Federal Housing Finance 
Reform Act (Roll Call 379)
  No on the McHenry Amendment to H.R. 1427, the Federal Housing Finance 
Reform Act (Roll Call 380)
  Aye on the Kanjorski Amendment to H.R. 1427, the Federal Housing 
Finance Reform Act (Roll Call 381)
  No on the Roskam Amendment to H.R. 1427, the Federal Housing Finance 
Reform Act (Roll Call 382)
  No on the Garrett Amendment to H.R. 1427, the Federal Housing Finance 
Reform Act (Roll Call 383)
  Yea on H.R. 698, the Industrial Bank Holding Company Act (Roll Call 
384)
  Yea on H.R. 1425, designating the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 4551 East 52nd Street in Odessa, Texas, as 
the ``Staff Sergeant Marvin `Rex' Young Post Office Building'' (Roll 
Call 385)
  No on the Feeney Amendment to H.R. 1427, the Federal Housing Finance 
Reform Act (Roll Call 386)
  No on the Price Amendment to H.R. 1427, the Federal Housing Finance 
Reform Act (Roll Call 387)
  No on the Sessions Amendment to H.R. 1427, the Federal Housing 
Finance Reform Act (Roll Call 388)
  No on the Brady Amendment to H.R. 1427, the Federal Housing Finance 
Reform Act (Roll Call 389)
  No on the Price Amendment to H.R. 1427, the Federal Housing Finance 
Reform Act (Roll Call 390)
  No on the Doolittle Amendment to H.R. 1427, the Federal Housing 
Finance Reform Act (Roll Call 391)
  No on the Hensarling Amendment to H.R. 1427, the Federal Housing 
Finance Reform Act (Roll Call 392)
  No on the Neugebauer Amendment to H.R. 1427, the Federal Housing 
Finance Reform Act (Roll Call 393)
  Aye on the Neugebauer Amendment to H.R. 1427, the Federal Housing 
Finance Reform Act (Roll Call 394)
  No on the Motion to Recommit H.R. 1427, the Federal Housing Finance 
Reform Act (Roll Call 395)
  Aye on final passage of H.R. 1427, the Federal Housing Finance Reform 
Act (Roll Call 396)
  Yea on S. 214, the Preserving United States Attorney Independence Act 
(Roll Call 397)
  Yea on H.R. 2264, to amend the Sherman Act to make oil-producing and 
exporting cartels illegal (Roll Call 398)
  Yea on S. 1104, a bill to increase the number of Iraqi and Afghani 
translators and interpreters who may be admitted to the United States 
as special immigrants (Roll Call 399)

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  Yea on H.R. 2399, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to 
combat the crime of alien smuggling and related activities (Roll Call 
400)
  Yea on H.R. 1722, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 601 Banyan Trail in Boca Raton, Florida, as 
the ``Leonard W. Herman Post Office'' (Roll Call 401)
  Aye on Democratic Motion to Table Resolution Raising a Question of 
Privileges of the House (Roll Call 402)

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