[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16740]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                             HON. MIKE ROSS

                              of arkansas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 19, 2007

  Mr. ROSS. Madam Speaker, on Monday, June 18, 2007, I was not present 
for votes due to mechanical problems on my flight to Washington, DC 
caused by Northwest Airlines.
  Had I been present for rollcall 499, H.R. 2563--To designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 309 East Linn 
Street in Marshalltown, Iowa, as the ``Major Scott Nisely Post 
Office'', I would have voted ``yes.''

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