[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5567]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Speaker, today I missed 14 recorded votes.
  I take my voting responsibility very seriously. Had I been present, I 
would have voted ``nay'' on recorded vote No. 164, ``yea'' on recorded 
vote No. 165, ``yea'' on recorded vote No. 166, ``aye'' on recorded 
vote No. 167, ``no'' on recorded vote No. 168, ``no'' on recorded vote 
No. 169, ``aye'' on recorded vote No. 170, ``aye'' on recorded vote No. 
171, ``aye'' on recorded vote No. 172, ``no'' on recorded vote No. 173, 
``aye'' on recorded vote No. 174, ``yea'' on recorded vote 175, ``yea'' 
on recorded vote No. 176, and ``yea'' on recorded vote No. 177.

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