[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 2555]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                          HON. MAJOR R. OWENS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 2, 2006

  Mr. OWENS. Mr. Speaker, I was absent on Tuesday, February 28, 2006, 
due to unavoidable circumstances in my Congressional District. Had I 
been present, I would have voted: ``yea'' to H.R. 1096--Act 
Commemorating the LITE, or Lifetime Innovations of Thomas Edison; 
``yea'' to H. Res. 668--Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Texas 
Western's 1966 NCAA Basketball Championship and recognizing the 
groundbreaking impact of the title game victory on diversity in sports 
and civil rights in America and ``yea'' to H.R. 1259, to authorize the 
President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress, 
collectively, to the Tuskegee Airmen in recognition of their unique 
military record, which inspired revolutionary reform in the Armed 
Forces.

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