[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 16]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 22962]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. JIM COOPER

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                      Saturday, September 27, 2008

  Mr. COOPER. Madam Speaker, I was absent for several votes on Tuesday, 
September 23, 2008, for personal reasons. Had I been present to vote on 
passage of H.R. 5244, the Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights, I would 
have voted ``yes.'' Likewise, had I been present to vote on passage of 
H.R. 6897, the Filipino Veterans Equity Act, I would have voted 
``yes.''

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