[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5624]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, on Monday, March 5, and 
Tuesday, March 6, I was detained because of my representation of the 
United States House of Representatives at a commemoration commemorating 
the 50th year of independence of the nation-state of Ghana.
  If I had been present, on rollcall No. 122, H. Res. 140, supporting 
the goals of International Women's Day, I would have voted ``yea''; on 
rollcall No. 121, H. Res. 89, honoring the life and achievements of the 
late Dr. John Garang de Mabior, I would have voted ``yea''; rollcall 
vote No. 120, H.R. 497, the Brigadier General Francis Marion Memorial 
Act, I would have voted ``yea''; and rollcall No. 119, to amend Public 
Law to extend the authorization for establishing a memorial in the 
District of Columbia to honor veterans who served in the Armed Forces, 
I would have voted ``yea.''

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