[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17115]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                        HON. MICHAEL K. SIMPSON

                                of idaho

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, June 22, 2007

  Mr. SIMPSON. Madam Speaker, on rollcall No. 553, H. Amdt. 367 offered 
by Representative Lowey to H.R. 2764, the Department of State, Foreign 
Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2008, I was 
unavoidably detained and unable to vote.
  Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.''

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