[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9027]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, I would like to submit this 
statement for the Record and regret that I could not be present today, 
Monday, May 22, 2006, to vote on rollcall votes Nos. 177 and 178 due to 
a family medical emergency.
  Had I been present, I would have voted: ``yea'' on rollcall vote No. 
177 on passage of S. 1235, the Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 
2005, and ``yea'' on rollcall vote No. 178 on passage of H.R. 3858, the 
Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act of 2005.

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