[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 840]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                        HON. HENRY E. BROWN, JR.

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 10, 2007

  Mr. BROWN of South Carolina. Madam Speaker, I am writing to notify 
you that I was absent for votes on January 4 and 5, 2007. The reason 
for my absence was that I had a death in my immediate family that 
required me to remain in South Carolina.
  Regarding the votes that I missed please see below for the way that I 
would have voted had I been present: rollcall vote No. 3--On Ordering 
the Previous Question--``nay''; rollcall vote No. 4--On Motion to 
Commit with Instructions--``yea''; rollcall vote No. 5--On Agreeing to 
the Resolution--``nay''; rollcall vote No. 6--On adoption of Title I of 
the Resolution--``yea''; rollcall vote No. 7--On adoption of Title 2 of 
the Resolution--``yea''; rollcall vote No. 8--On adoption of Title 3 of 
the Resolution--``yea''; rollcall vote No. 9--On adoption of Title 4 of 
the Resolution--``nay''; rollcall vote No. 10--On Motion to Commit with 
Instructions--``yea''; rollcall vote No. 11--On adoption of Title 4 of 
the Resolution--``nay.''

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