[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 56 (Thursday, April 2, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E877]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                        HON. BILL PASCRELL, JR.

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 2, 2009

  Mr. PASCRELL. Madam Speaker, I want to state for the record that 
yesterday, April 1st, I was in my district attending the funeral of my 
mother Roffie Pascrell, who recently passed away at the age of 95, and 
I therefore missed the 8 rollcall votes of the day.
  Had I been present I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall vote No. 
175 on the Motion to Table the Resolution--H. Res. 312.
  Had I been present I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall vote No. 
176 On Agreeing to the Resolution Providing for consideration of the 
concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 85) setting forth the congressional 
budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010 and 
including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2009 and 
2011 through 2014--H. Res. 305.
  Had I been present I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall vote No. 
177 On Agreeing to the Resolution Providing for consideration of the 
bill (H.R. 1664) to amend the executive compensation provisions of the 
Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to prohibit unreasonable 
and excessive compensation and compensation not based on performance 
standards--H. Res. 306.
  Had I been present I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall vote No. 
178 On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended End Government 
Reimbursement of Excessive Executive Disbursements (End GREED) Act--
H.R. 1575.
  Had I been present I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall vote No. 
179 On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree Honoring the lives, and 
mourning the loss, of Sergeant Mark Dunakin, Sergeant Ervin Romans, 
Sergeant Daniel Sakai, and Officer John Hege, members of the Oakland 
Police Department in California who were brutally slain in the line of 
duty--H. Res. 290.
  Had I been present I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall vote No. 
180 On Agreeing to the Amendment--Bean of Illinois Amendment to H.R. 
1664.
  Had I been present I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall vote No. 
181 On Agreeing to the Amendment--Dahlkemper of Pennsylvania Amendment 
to H.R. 1664.
  Lastly, had I been present I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall 
vote No. 182 On Passage To amend the executive compensation provisions 
of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to prohibit 
unreasonable and excessive compensation and compensation not based on 
performance standards--H.R. 1664.

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