[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 14]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 19554]
[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, September 17, 2008

  Mr. ALLEN. Madam Speaker, on September 15, 2008, I was unavoidably 
absent from the House.
  If I had been present, I would have voted ``yes'' on rollcall vote 
No. 591, a motion by Mr. Scott of Virginia to suspend the rules and 
pass H.R. 6889, a bill to extend the authority of the Secretary of 
Education to purchase guaranteed student loans for an additional year, 
and for other purposes.
  I ask unanimous consent that this statement be inserted in the 
appropriate place in the Record.

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