[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 5618]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                         HON. MARIO DIAZ-BALART

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, April 9, 2008

  Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida. Madam Speaker, on Tuesday, April 8, 
2008, I was unavoidably detained due to a death in the family and thus 
I missed rollcall votes No. 161 through 163. Had I been present, I 
would have voted in the following manner:
  On roll vote No. 161, on H.J. Res. 70, Congratulating the Army 
Reserve on its centennial, which will be formally celebrated on April 
23, 2008, and commemorating the historic contributions of its veterans 
and continuing contributions of its soldiers to the vital national 
security interests and homeland defense mission of the United States, I 
would have voted ``yea.''
  On roll vote No. 162, on H.R. 2464, the Wakefield Act, I would have 
voted ``yea.''
  On roll vote No. 163, on S. 793, the Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 
2008, I would have voted ``yea.''

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