[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 7568]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                          HON. JOHN B. LARSON

                             of connecticut

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, March 23, 2007

  Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. Madam Speaker, I regret that I was 
unavoidably detained with legislative business on March 20, 2007 on the 
vote for rollcall vote No. 164 and on March 22, 2007 on the vote for 
rollcall No. 181.
  Had I been present, I would have voted:
  ``No'' on rollcall No. 164 on the amendment to H.R. 1227 that would 
require recipients of rental assistance under the bill--those displaced 
from their homes, many of whom lost their jobs as a result of 
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita--to perform 20 hours per week of approved 
work activities.
  ``Yea'' on rollcall No. 181 on the motion to suspend the rules and 
pass H. Con. Res. 66, permitting the use of the rotunda of the Capitol 
for a ceremony as part of the commemoration of the days of remembrance 
of victims of the Holocaust.

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