[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 3]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 4340]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                         HON. LUIS V. GUTIERREZ

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 13, 2008

  Mr. GUTIERREZ. Madam Speaker, I was unavoidably absent from this 
chamber yesterday afternoon, March 12, 2008, due to an urgent family 
matter. I would like the record to show that, had I been present, I 
would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall votes 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 
133, and 134.

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