[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 20 (Thursday, February 7, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E136-E137]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                             HON. PHIL HARE

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, February 7, 2008

  Mr. HARE. Madam Speaker, on February 6, 2008, I was unavoidably 
detained. I would have voted as follows: on rollcall No. 29, Commending 
the Houston Dynamo soccer team for winning the 2007 Major League Soccer 
Cup. I would have voted ``aye;'' on rollcall No. 30, Recognizing the 
significance of Black History Month, I would have voted ``aye;'' and on 
rollcall No. 31, Remembering the space shuttle Challenger disaster and 
honoring its crew members, who lost their lives on January 28, 1986, I 
would have voted ``aye.''

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