[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 27]
[Senate]
[Page 36506]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                           HON. MIKE THOMPSON

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, December 28, 2007

  Mr. THOMPSON of California. Madam Speaker, unfortunately, I was 
unable to travel to Washington, DC, for votes during the week of 
December 17, 2007.
  However, I would have recorded the following votes on the rollcall 
votes which I missed. They included:


                           December 17, 2007

  (1) H. Res. 856--Rollcall No. 1163--Expressing the heartfelt sympathy 
for the victims and families of the shootings in Omaha, Nebraska, on 
Wednesday, December 5, 2007--``yes.''
  (2) H. Res. 851--Rollcall No. 1164--Honoring local and state first 
responders, and the citizens of the Pacific Northwest in facing the 
severe winter storm of December 2 and 3, 2007--``yes.''
  (3) Previous Question--Rollcall No. 1165--On ordering the previous 
question to H. Res. 873--``yes.''
  (4) H. Res. 873--Rollcall No. 1166--Waiving a requirement of clause 
6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions 
reported from the Committee on Rules--``yes.''
  (5) H. Con. Res. 271--Rollcall No. 1167--Providing for the sine die 
adjournment of the first session of the One Hundred Tenth Congress--
``no.''
  (6) Previous Question--Rollcall No. 1168--On ordering the previous 
question to H. Res. 878--``yes.''
  (7) H. Res. 878--Rollcall No. 1169--Providing for the consideration 
of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 2764) making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes--
``yes.''
  (8) H.R. 4286--Rollcall No. 1170--To award a congressional gold medal 
to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in recognition of her courageous and unwavering 
commitment to peace, nonviolence, human rights, and democracy in 
Burma--``yes.''
  (9) 1st Senate Amendment to H.R. 2764--Rollcall No. 1171--On motion 
to agree to the Senate amendment with the 1st House amendment--``yes.''
  (10) 2nd Senate Amendment to H.R. 2764--Rollcall No. 1172--On motion 
to agree to the Senate amendment with the 2nd House amendment--``yes.''
  (11) H. Con. Res. 254--Rollcall No. 1173--Recognizing and celebrating 
the centennial of Oklahoma statehood--``yes.''


                           december 18, 2007

  (1) Previous Question--Rollcall No. 1174--On ordering the previous 
question to H.R. 877--``yes.''
  (2) H. Res. 877--Rollcall No. 1175--Providing for consideration of 
the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to 
the bill (H.R. 6) to move the United States toward greater energy 
independence and security, to increase the production of clean 
renewable fuels, to protect consumers, to increase the efficiency of 
products, buildings, and vehicles, to promote research on and deploy 
greenhouse gas capture and storage options, and to improve the energy 
performance of the Federal Government, and for other purposes--``yes.''
  (3) H.R. 3793--Rollcall No. 1176--To amend title 37, United States 
Code, to require the Secretary of Defense to continue to pay to a 
member of the Armed Forces who is retired or separated from the Armed 
Forces due to a combat-related injury certain bonuses that the member 
was entitled to before the retirement or separation and would continue 
to be entitled to if the member was not retired or separated--``yes.''
  (4) H.R. 6--Rollcall No. 1177--To reduce our Nation's dependency on 
foreign oil by investing in clean, renewable, and alternative energy 
resources, promoting new emerging energy technologies, developing 
greater efficiency, and creating a Strategic Energy Efficiency and 
Renewables Reserve to invest in alternative energy, and for other 
purposes--``yes.''
  (5) H.R. 2761--Rollcall No. 1178--To extend the Terrorism Insurance 
Program of the Department of the Treasury, and for other purposes--
``yes.''
  (6) S. 2271--Rollcall No. 1179--To authorize State and local 
governments to divest assets in companies that conduct business 
operations in Sudan, to prohibit United States Government contracts 
with such companies, and for other purposes--``yes.''
  (7) H. Res. 542--Rollcall No. 1180--Expressing the unconditional 
support of the House of Representatives for the members of the National 
Guard--``yes.''
  (8) H. Res. 884--Rollcall No. 1181--Providing for the concurrence by 
the House in the Senate amendments to H.R. 3997, with an amendment--
``yes.''
  (9) H.R. 3690--Rollcall No. 1182--To provide for the transfer of the 
Library of Congress police to the United States Capitol Police, and for 
other purposes--``yes.''


                           december 19, 2007

  (1) H.R. 3996--Rollcall No. 1183--To amend the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes--
``no.''
  (2) S. 2499--Rollcall No. 1184--To amend titles XVIII, XIX, and XXI 
of the Social Security Act to extend provisions under the Medicare, 
Medicaid, and SCHIP programs, and for other purposes--``yes.''
  (3) H.R. 4040--Rollcall No. 1185--To establish consumer product 
safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products 
and to reauthorize and modernize the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission--``yes.''
  (4) H.R. 2764--Rollcall No. 1186--Making appropriations for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes--``no.''

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