[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 58 (Monday, April 14, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E603-E604]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                         HON. STEVEN R. ROTHMAN

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, April 14, 2008

  Mr. ROTHMAN. Madam Speaker, I would like to state for the Record my 
position on the following votes I missed on April 8 and 9, 2008.
  On Tuesday, April 8, and Wednesday, April 9, 2008, I was unable to be 
present in the Capitol due to a family illness and thus missed rollcall 
vote Nos. 161 through 172. Had I been present, I would have voted in 
the following manner:
  On rollcall vote No. 161, on H.J. Res. 70, a resolution 
congratulating the Army Reserve on its centennial, which will be 
formally celebrated on April 23, 2008, I would have voted ``aye.''
  On rollcall vote No. 162, on H.R. 2464, the Wakefield Act, I would 
have voted ``aye.''
  On rollcall vote No. 163, on S. 793, the Traumatic Brain Injury Act 
of 2008, I would have voted ``aye.''
  On rollcall vote Nos. 164 and 165, which were procedural votes that 
provided for consideration of the bill H.R. 2016, to establish the 
National Landscape Conservation System, I would have voted ``aye.''
  On rollcall vote No. 166, on H. Res. 1077, which called on the 
Government of the Peoples Republic of China to end its crackdown in

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Tibet and to enter into a substantive dialogue with His Holiness the 
Dalai Lama to find a negotiated solution that respects the distinctive 
language, culture, religious identity, and fundamental freedom of all 
Tibetans, I would have proudly voted ``aye.''
  On rollcall vote No. 167, on the Grijalva Amendment to H.R. 2016, The 
National Landscape Conservation System Act, I would have voted ``aye.''
  On rollcall vote No. 168, on the Bishop (UT) (#3) Amendment number 3 
to H.R. 2016, The National Landscape Conservation System Act, I would 
have voted ``nay.''
  On rollcall vote No. 169, on the Bishop (UT) (#4) Amendment to H.R. 
2016. The National Landscape Conservation System Act. I would have 
voted ``nay.''
  On rollcall vote No. 170, on the Bishop (UT) (#5) Amendment to H.R. 
2016, The National Landscape Conservation System Act, I would have 
voted ``nay.''
  On rollcall vote No. 171, on the Altmire/Carney Amendment to H.R. 
2016, The National Landscape Conservation System Act, I would have 
voted ``aye.''
  On rollcall vote No. 172, on the Pearce Amendment to H.R. 2016, The 
National Landscape Conservation System Act, I would have voted ``nay.''

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