[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26059]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. CONYERS. Madam Speaker, I took a leave of absence on October 1, 
2007, as I was attending to personal business. The following list 
describes how I would have voted had I been in attendance today.
  ``Yea.'' H. Con. Res. 185--Commending the 1st Brigade Combat Team/
34th Infantry Division of the Minnesota National Guard upon its 
completion of the longest continuous deployment of any United States 
military unit during Operation Iraqi Freedom (Representative Walz--
Armed Services)
  ``Yea.'' H.R. 2276--To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 203 North Main Street in Vassar, Michigan, as 
the ``Corporal Christopher E. Esckelson Post Office Building'' 
(Representative Kildee--Oversight and Government Reform)
  ``Yea.'' H.R. 3325--To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 235 Mountain Road in Suffield, Connecticut, 
as the ``Corporal Stephen R. Bixler Post Office'' (Representative 
Courtney--Oversight and Government Reform)

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