[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 763]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                             HON. MIKE ROSS

                              of arkansas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 23, 2008

  Mr. ROSS. Madam Speaker, on Tuesday, January 22, 2008, I was not 
present for votes as my flight from Arkansas to Washington, D.C. was 
delayed.
  Had I been present for rollcall No. 19, H.R. 4211, a bill to 
designate the facility of the U.S. Postal Service located at 725 
Roanoke Avenue in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, as the Judge Richard 
B. Allsbrook Post Office, I would have voted ``yea.''
  Had I been present for rollcall No. 20, H. Res. 866, a bill honoring 
the brave men and women of the United States Coast Guard whose tireless 
work, dedication, and commitment to protecting the United States have 
led to the Coast Guard seizing over 350,000 pounds of cocaine at sea 
during 2007, far surpassing all of our previous records, I would have 
voted ``yea.''

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