[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17417]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                          HON. THOMAS H. ALLEN

                                of maine

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 30, 2008

  Mr. ALLEN. Madam Speaker, on July 29, 2008, I was unavoidably absent 
from the House.
  If I had been present, I would have voted ``yes'' on rollcall vote 
No. 534, a motion by Mr. Thompson of Mississippi to suspend the rules 
and pass H.R. 2490, a bill to require the Secretary of Homeland 
Security to conduct a pilot program for the mobile biometric 
identification in the maritime environment of aliens unlawfully 
attempting to enter the United States, as amended.
  I would have also voted ``yes'' on rollcall vote No. 535, a motion by 
Mr. Davis of Illinois to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 6113, a bill 
to amend title 44, United States Code, to require each agency to 
include a contact telephone number in its collection of information in 
order to assist people with filling out government forms.
  Finally, I would have voted ``yes'' on rollcall vote No. 536, a 
motion by Mr. Hare of Illinois to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 2192, 
a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish an Ombudsman 
within the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  I ask unanimous consent that this statement be inserted in the 
appropriate place in the record.

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