[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 3]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 3335]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                             HON. AL GREEN

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, March 5, 2008

  Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Madam Speaker, I was voting in the Texas 
Democratic Primary and missed the votes on:
  H.R. 1143, To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease 
certain lands in Virgin Islands National Park (Rollcall 88). Although 
H.R. 1143 passed by a vote of 378-0, I respectfully request the 
opportunity to record my position. Had I been present I would have 
voted ``yea'' on Rollcall 88.
  H.R. 1311, To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey the 
Alta-Hualapai Site to the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, for the 
development of a cancer treatment facility (Rollcall 89). Although H.R. 
1311 passed by a vote of 377-0, I respectfully request the opportunity 
to record my position. Had I been present I would have voted ``yea'' on 
Rollcall 89.
  H.R. 816, To provide for the release of certain land from the Sunrise 
Mountain Instant Study Area in the State of Nevada and to grant a 
right-of-way across the released land for the construction and 
maintenance of a flood control project (Rollcall 90). Although H.R. 816 
passed by a vote of 375-0, I respectfully request the opportunity to 
record my position. Had I been present I would have voted ``yea'' on 
Rollcall 90.
  Again, I express my full support for these important pieces of 
legislation.

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