[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 2453-2454]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                        HON. ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, February 25, 2008

  Mr. CUMMINGS. Madam Speaker, on February 12, 2008, due to obligations 
in the district, I missed the following recorded votes:
  Roll No. 43, on H. Res. 954--Honoring the life of senior Border 
Patrol agent Luis A. Aguilar, who lost his life in the line of duty 
near Yuma, Arizona, on January 19, 2008; had I been present, I would 
have voted ``aye.''
  Roll No. 44, on H. Res. 909--Commemorating the courage of the Haitian 
soldiers that fought for American independence in the ``Siege of 
Savannah,'' and for Haiti's independence and renunciation of slavery; 
had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.''

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  Roll No. 45, on H. Con. Res. 281--Celebrating the birth of Abraham 
Lincoln and recognizing the prominence the Declaration of Independence 
played in the development of Abraham Lincoln's beliefs; had I been 
present, I would have voted ``aye.''

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