[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 19]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 27054]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                        HON. TIMOTHY V. JOHNSON

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, October 10, 2007

  Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois. Madam Speaker, unfortunately yesterday, 
October 9, 2007, I was unable to cast my votes on H. Res. 32 and H.R. 
400.
  Had I been present for rollcall No. 949 on suspending the rules and 
passing H. Res. 32, denouncing the practices of female genital 
mutilation, domestic violence, ``honor killings,'' 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, I would have voted ``yea.''
  Had I been present for rollcall No. 950 on suspending the rules and 
passing H.R. 400, War Profiteering Prevention Act, I would have voted 
``yea.''

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