[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 767]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                       HON. LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 23, 2008

  Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD. Madam Speaker, I was unavoidably detained and was 
not present for rollcall Nos. 19 and 20 on Tuesday, January 22. Had I 
been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 19 to suspend 
the rules and pass H.R. 4211 to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 725 Roanoke Avenue in Roanoke Rapids, 
NC, as the ``Judge Richard B. Allsbrook Post Office'' and ``yea'' on 
rollcall No. 20 to suspend the rules and pass H. Res. 866 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.

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