[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 5616]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                          HON. THOMAS H. ALLEN

                                of maine

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, April 9, 2008

  Mr. ALLEN. Madam Speaker, on April 3, 2008, I was unavoidably absent 
from the House due to a family illness.
  If had been present, I would have voted ``no'' on rollcall vote No. 
159, a motion by Mrs. McMorris Rodgers of Washington to recommit H.R. 
4847 to the Committee on Science and Technology with instructions.
  I would have also voted ``yes'' on rollcall vote No. 160, final 
passage of H.R. 4847, a bill to reauthorize the United States Fire 
Administration.

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