[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 17]
[House]
[Pages 22994-22995]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. ELLISON. Madam Speaker, on the morning of August 4, 2007, I was 
back in Minneapolis surveying the damage from the tragic collapse of 
the Interstate 35W bridge with President Bush and missed rollcall votes 
824 to 826. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall 
No. 824; I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 825; and I would 
have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 826.

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