[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26905]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. Speaker, I am writing regarding today's rollcall 
votes 949, H. Res. 32, denouncing the practices of female genital 
mutilation, domestic violence, ``honor'' killings, acid burning, dowry 
deaths, and other gender-based persecutions and expressing the sense of 
the House of Representatives that participation, protection, 
recognition, and independence of women is crucial to achieving a just, 
moral, and honorable society, as well as 950, H.R. 400, the War 
Profiteering Prevention Act of 2007.
  Please accept my apologies as I was attending a family event in 
Arizona and was not able to cast my votes tonight. It was my intention 
to vote ``yea'' on both H. Res. 32 and H.R. 400.

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