[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 16]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 21914]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                          HON. JOHN B. LARSON

                             of connecticut

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 24, 2008

  Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. Madam Speaker, I would like to submit this 
statement for the Record and regret that I could not be present 
yesterday, Tuesday, September 23, 2008 to vote on rollcall vote No. 
626.
  Had I been present, I would have voted: Yea on rollcall vote No. 626 
to suspend the rules and pass, as amended, H.R. 5352, a bill to protect 
seniors in the United States from elder abuse by establishing 
specialized elder abuse prosecution and research programs and 
activities to aid victims of elder abuse, to provide training to 
prosecutors and other law enforcement related to elder abuse prevention 
and protection, and for other purposes.

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