[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 15552-15553]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                          HON. THOMAS H. ALLEN

                                of maine

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 12, 2007

  Mr. ALLEN. Madam Speaker, on June 10, 2007, I was unavoidably absent 
from the Capitol. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes'' on 
rollcall vote 448, a motion by Ms. Baldwin to suspend the rules and 
pass H.R. 2356, a bill to amend title 4, United States Code, to 
encourage the display of the flag of the United States on Father's Day.
  I would have voted ``yes'' on rollcall vote 449, a motion by Mr. 
Faleomavaega to suspend the rules and pass S. 676, a resolution to 
provide that the Executive Director of the Inter-American Development 
Bank or the Alternate Executive Director of the Inter-American 
Development Bank may serve on the

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Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation.
  I would have voted ``yes'' on rollcall vote 450, a motion by Mr. 
Faleomavaega to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 418, a resolution 
recognizing and welcoming the delegation of Presidents, Prime 
Ministers, and Foreign Ministers from the Caribbean to Washington, 
D.C., and commending the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) for holding the 
Conference on the Caribbean.

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