[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 59 (Tuesday, April 15, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E610]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                          HON. THOMAS H. ALLEN

                                of maine

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 15, 2008

  Mr. ALLEN. Madam Speaker, on April 14, 2008, I was unavoidably absent 
from the House due to a family illness.
  If I had been present, I would have voted ``yes'' on rollcall vote 
No. 183, a motion by Mr. Ellsworth of Indiana to suspend the rules and 
agree to the passage of H. Res. 886, a resolution expressing sympathy 
to the victims and families of the tragic acts of violence in Colorado 
Springs, Colorado and Arvada, Colorado.
  I would have also voted ``yes'' on rollcall vote No. 184, a motion by 
Mr. Davis of Illinois to suspend the rules and agree to the passage of 
H. Res. 994, a resolution expressing support for designation of a 
National Glanzmann's Thrombasthenia Awareness Day.
  I would have also voted ``yes'' on rollcall vote No. 185, a motion by 
Mr. Braley of Iowa to suspend the rules and agree to the passage of 
H.R. 3548, the Plain Language in Government Communications Act of 2007.
  I ask unanimous consent that this statement be inserted in the 
appropriate place in the Record.

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