[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 20]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 28465]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                     HON. HOWARD P. ``BUCK'' McKEON

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 25, 2007

  Mr. McKEON. Madam Speaker, due to the ongoing wildfires in Southern 
California, and specifically those in the 25th District of California, 
I was unable to vote on the following measures. Please enter into the 
record this personal explanation for my absence on the following 
rollcall votes:
  Rollcall No. 986--On Motion to Table the Resolution, which I would 
have voted ``nay.''
  Rollcall No. 987--Joshua Omvig Veterans Suicide Prevention Act, which 
I would have voted ``yea.''
  Rollcall No. 988--Charlie Norwood Department of Veterans Affairs 
Medical Center, which I would have voted ``yea.''
  Rollcall No. 989--Condemning the actions of September 7, 2007, 
resulting in damage to the Vietnam Veterans War Memorial.
  Rollcall No. 990--Providing for consideration of H.R. 1011, which I 
would have voted ``nay.''
  Rollcall No. 991--Providing for consideration of H.R. 1483, which I 
would have voted ``nay.''
  Rollcall No. 992--Providing for consideration of H.R. 1483, which I 
would have voted ``nay.''
  Rollcall No. 993--Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism 
Prevention Act of 2007, which I would have voted ``yea.''

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