[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 7553]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 22, 2007

  Mr. KUCINICH. Madam Speaker, I was not present for votes on Monday, 
March 19 and Tuesday, March 20, 2007 because I was meeting with British 
Members of Parliament in an effort to build an international coalition 
to end the Iraq War. If I was present, I would have voted:
  ``Yea'' on rollcall No. 157 (H.R. 138, Recognizing the importance of 
Hot Springs National Park on its 175th anniversary);
  ``Yea'' on rollcall No. 158 (H.R. 658, Natural Resource Protection 
Cooperative Agreement Act);
  ``Yea'' on rollcall No. 159 (H.R. 839, Arthur V. Watkins Dam 
Enlargement Act);
  ``Yea'' on rollcall No. 160 (H. Res. 254, Providing for consideration 
of the bill [H.R. 1227] to assist in the provision of affordable 
housing to low income families affected by Hurricane Katrina);
  ``Yea'' on rollcall No. 161 (H. Con. Res. 42, Honoring the heroic 
service and sacrifice of the 6,500 glider pilots of the United States 
Army Air Forces during World War II);
  ``Yea'' on rollcall No. 162 (H.R. 759, Redesignating the Ellis Island 
Library on Ellis Island, NY as the ``Bob Hope Memorial Library'');
  ``Yea'' on rollcall No. 163 (On approving the Journal);
  ``No'' on rollcall No. 164 (Hensarling Amendment to H.R. 1227, to 
require recipients of rental assistance under the bill to perform 20 
hours per week of approved work activities);
  ``No'' on rollcall No. 165 (Biggert Amendment to H.R. 1227, to 
require that, instead of replacing all pre-Katrina public housing 
units, only the number of public housing units occupied pre-Katrina be 
replaced); and
  ``Aye'' on rollcall No. 166 (Al Green Amendment to H.R. 1227, to 
extend FEMA housing assistance for evacuees of Hurricanes Katrina, 
Rita, and Wilma until December 31, 2007 and provide tenant-based 
voucher assistance upon termination of FEMA housing assistance for 
eligible families)

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