[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 1492]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. GINGREY. Madam Speaker, on rollcall No. 29 on H. Res. 867, 
Commending the Houston Dynamo soccer team for winning the 2007 Major 
League Soccer Cup, I am not recorded, as I was absent due to my 
attendance at a funeral. Had I been present, I would have voted 
``yea.''
  Madam Speaker, on rollcall No. 30 on H. Res. 942, Recognizing the 
significance of Black History Month, I am not recorded, as I was absent 
due to my attendance at a funeral. Had I been present, I would have 
voted ``yea.''
  Madam Speaker, on rollcall No. 31 on H. Res. 943, Remembering the 
space shuttle Challenger disaster and honoring its crew members, who 
lost their lives on January 28, 1986, I am not recorded, as I was 
absent due to my attendance at a funeral. Had I been present, I would 
have voted ``yea.''

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