[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 14409]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. BRIAN BAIRD

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 24, 2007

  Mr. BAIRD. Madam Speaker, between May 16, 2007, and May 22, 2007, I 
traveled to the Middle East to attend the World Economic Forum and to 
visit with troops from my district now serving in Iraq. As a result, I 
missed a number of votes. I take my voting responsibility very 
seriously; had I been present, I would have voted the following:
  No on the Andrews Amendment to H.R. 1585, the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Rollcall No. 364)
  No on the DeFazio Amendment to H.R. 1585, the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Rollcall No. 365)
  No on the Woolsey Amendment to H.R. 1585, the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Rollcall No. 366)
  Aye on the Tierney Amendment to H.R. 1585, the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Rollcall No. 367)
  No on the Franks Amendment to H.R. 1585, the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Rollcall No. 368)
  No on the King Amendment to H.R. 1585, the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Rollcall No. 369)
  Aye on the Moran Amendment to H.R. 1585, the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Rollcall No. 370)
  Aye on the Holt Amendment to H.R. 1585, the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Rollcall No. 371)
  Aye on the Motion to Recommit H.R. 1585, the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Rollcall No. 372)
  Aye on final passage of H.R. 1585, the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Rollcall No. 373)
  Yea on H. Res. 404, providing for consideration of the H.R. 1427, the 
Federal Housing Finance Reform Act (Rollcall No. 374)
  Yea on ordering the previous question on H. Res. 409, providing for 
consideration of the conference report to accompany the concurrent 
resolution (S. Con. Res. 21) setting forth the congressional budget for 
the United States Government (Rollcall No. 375)
  Aye on H. Res. 409, providing for consideration of the conference 
report to accompany the concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 21) setting 
forth the congressional budget for the United States Government 
(Rollcall No. 376)
  Yea on agreeing to the conference report S. Con. Res. 21 (Rollcall 
No. 377)
  No on Bachus Amendment to H.R. 1427, the Federal Housing Finance 
Reform Act (Rollcall No. 378)
  No on Hensarling Amendment to H.R. 1427, the Federal Housing Finance 
Reform Act (Rollcall No. 379)
  No on the McHenry Amendment to H.R. 1427, the Federal Housing Finance 
Reform Act (Rollcall No. 380)
  Aye on the Kanjorski Amendment to H.R. 1427, the Federal Housing 
Finance Reform Act (Rollcall No. 381)
  No on the Roskam Amendment to H.R. 1427, the Federal Housing Finance 
Reform Act (Rollcall No. 382)
  No on the Garrett Amendment to H.R. 1427, the Federal Housing Finance 
Reform Act (Rollcall No. 383)
  Yea on H.R. 698, the Industrial Bank Holding Company Act (Rollcall 
No. 384)
  Yea on H.R. 1425, designating the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 4551 East 52nd Street in Odessa, Texas, as 
the ``Staff Sergeant Marvin `Rex' Young Post Office Building'' 
(Rollcall No. 385)
  No on the Feeney Amendment to H.R. 1427, the Federal Housing Finance 
Reform Act (Rollcall No. 386)
  No on the Price Amendment to H.R. 1427, the Federal Housing Finance 
Reform Act (Rollcall No. 387)
  No on the Sessions Amendment to H.R. 1427, the Federal Housing 
Finance Reform Act (Rollcall No. 388)
  No on the Brady Amendment to H.R. 1427, the Federal Housing Finance 
Reform Act (Rollcall No. 389)
  No on the Price Amendment to H.R. 1427, the Federal Housing Finance 
Reform Act (Rollcall No. 390)
  No on the Doolittle Amendment to H.R. 1427, the Federal Housing 
Finance Reform Act (Rollcall No. 391)
  No on the Hensarling Amendment to H.R. 1427, the Federal Housing 
Finance Reform Act (Rollcall No. 392)
  No on the Neugebauer Amendment to H.R. 1427, the Federal Housing 
Finance Reform Act (Rollcall No. 393)
  Aye on the Neugebauer Amendment to H.R. 1427, the Federal Housing 
Finance Reform Act (Rollcall No. 394)
  No on the Motion to Recommit H.R. 1427, the Federal Housing Finance 
Reform Act (Rollcall No. 395)
  Aye on final passage of H.R. 1427, the Federal Housing Finance Reform 
Act (Rollcall No. 396)
  Yea on S. 214, the Preserving United States Attorney Independence Act 
(Rollcall No. 397)
  Yea on H.R. 2264, to amend the Sherman Act to make oil-producing and 
exporting cartels illegal (Rollcall No. 398)
  Yea on S. 1104, a bill to increase the number of Iraqi and Afghani 
translators and interpreters who may be admitted to the United States 
as special immigrants (Rollcall No. 399)
  Yea on H.R. 2399, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to 
combat the crime of alien smuggling and related activities (Rollcall 
No. 400)
  Yea on H.R. 1722, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 601 Banyan Trail in Boca Raton, Florida, as 
the ``Leonard W. Herman Post Office'' (Rollcall No. 401)
  Aye on Democratic Motion to Table Resolution Raising a Question of 
Privileges of the House (Rollcall No. 402)

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