[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 5840]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                         HON. RANDY NEUGEBAUER

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 10, 2008

  Mr. NEUGEBAUER. Madam Speaker, on Wednesday, April 9, 2008, I was 
unexpectedly absent from rollcall votes 164, 165, and 166.
  Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall vote 164, 
H. Res. 1084, ordering the previous question on H.R. 2016, to establish 
the National Landscape Conservation System, and for other purposes.
  On rollcall 165, on agreeing to H. Res. 1084, the Rule for H.R. 2016, 
to establish the National Landscape Conservation System, and for other 
purposes, I would have voted ``nay.''
  On rollcall 166, H. Res. 1077, calling on the Government of the 
People's Republic of China to end its crackdown in Tibet and to enter 
into a substantive dialogue with His Holiness the Dalai Lama to find a 
negotiated solution that respects the distinctive language, culture, 
religious identity, and fundamental freedom of all Tibetans, I would 
have voted ``yea.''

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