[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 58 (Tuesday, May 3, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E793]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. TIM GRIFFIN

                              of arkansas

                    in the house of representatives

                          Tuesday, May 3, 2011

  Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas. Mr. Speaker, on Monday, May 2, 2011, I 
missed the rollcall vote No. 278 for unavoidable reasons.
  Specifically, my direct flight from Little Rock, Arkansas, to the 
Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) that was scheduled to 
depart at 10:40 a.m. (CDT) and to arrive at 2:05 p.m. (EDT) was delayed 
due to mechanical failure for approximately four hours and did not 
arrive until 6:15 p.m. (EDT) at BWI. Because of this delay I did not 
arrive at the Capitol until after rollcall vote No. 278 had concluded.
  I would have voted as follows: Rollcall vote No. 278: ``yea'' (H.R. 
1423, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 115 4th Avenue Southwest in Ardmore, Oklahoma, as the 
``Specialist Micheal E. Phillips Post Office'').

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