[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 75 (Wednesday, May 7, 2008)]
[House]
[Page H3153]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. BISHOP of New York. Madam Speaker, earlier today I travelled back 
to my district and was honored to participate in a ceremony dedicating 
a memorial to Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy, a Long Island native and 
constituent who was killed while serving in Afghanistan and 
posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Had I been here, 
I would have voted in the following manner:
  Rollcall vote No. 267, I would have voted ``nay'';
  Rollcall vote No. 268, I would have voted ``aye'';
  Rollcall vote No. 269, I would have voted ``aye'';
  Rollcall vote No. 270, I would have voted ``aye'';
  Rollcall vote No. 271, I would have voted ``nay'';
  Rollcall vote No. 272, I would have voted ``nay'';
  Rollcall vote No. 273, I would have voted ``nay'';
  Rollcall vote No. 274, I would have voted ``aye'';
  Rollcall vote No. 275, I would have voted ``aye'';
  Rollcall vote No. 276, I would have voted ``nay'';
  Rollcall vote No. 277, I would have voted ``aye'';
  Rollcall vote No. 278, I would have voted ``aye'';
  Rollcall vote No. 279, I would have voted ``nay'';
  Rollcall vote No. 280, I would have voted ``nay'';
  Rollcall vote No. 281, I would have voted ``aye'';
  Rollcall vote No. 282, I would have voted ``aye'';
  Rollcall vote No. 283, I would have voted ``aye'';
  Rollcall vote No. 284, I would have voted ``aye'';
  Rollcall vote No. 285, I would have voted ``nay'';
  Rollcall vote No. 286, I would have voted ``nay'';
  Rollcall vote No. 287, I would have voted ``aye'';
  Rollcall vote No. 288, I would have voted ``aye'';
  Rollcall vote No. 289, I would have voted ``aye'';
  Rollcall vote No. 290, I would have voted ``aye'';
  Rollcall vote No. 291, I would have voted ``nay.''

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