[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 5596-5597]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. JOE BARTON

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, March 6, 2007

  Mr. BARTON of Texas. Madam Speaker, on Monday, March 5, 2007, I was 
unable to fly to Washington, DC. As a result, I missed votes on this 
day. I ask that my statement be placed in the appropriate part of the 
Record to reflect how I would have voted on the following rollcall 
votes, had I been present.
  Monday, March 5, 2007: ``Yea'' on motion to suspend the rules and 
pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 390-0 
(Roll No. 119). H.R. 995: To amend Public Law 106-348 to extend the 
authorization for establishing a memorial in the District of Columbia 
or its environs to honor veterans who became disabled while serving in 
the Armed Forces of the United States.
  ``Yea'' on motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by 
the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 390-0 (Roll No. 120). H.R. 497: To 
authorize the Marion Park Project, a committee of the Palmetto 
Conservation Foundation, to establish a commemorative work on

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Federal land in the District of Columbia, and its environs to honor 
Brigadier General Francis Marion.

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