[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 21]
[House]
[Page 28944]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Madam Speaker, I was absent for legislative 
business conducted after 3 p.m. on October 31, 2007, due to a family 
matter that required my personal attention. As a result, I missed 
rollcall votes 1025 and 1026.
  Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall vote 1025, 
final passage of H.R. 3920, the Trade Adjustment and Assistance Act of 
2007.
  In addition, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall vote 1026, a 
motion to instruct conferees to H.R. 3043, the Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act of 2008.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the Chair appoints the 
following conferees on H.R. 3043:
  Mr. Obey, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. 
Kennedy, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Lee, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. 
Honda, Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Messrs. Ryan of Ohio, Murtha, 
Edwards, Walsh of New York, Regula, Peterson of Pennsylvania, Weldon of 
Florida, Simpson, Rehberg, Young of Florida, Wicker, and Lewis of 
California.
  There was no objection.

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