[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 6269]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                        HON. BILL PASCRELL, JR.

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 16, 2008

  Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise to offer a personal explanation. On 
Tuesday, April 15, I was unavoidably detained on rollcall votes 186, 
187 and 188 due to an official congressional delegation to Afghanistan 
and Pakistan. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on 
rollcall vote 186 (Motion on Ordering the Previous Question on the Rule 
for H.R. 5719), ``yea'' on rollcall vote 187 (H. Res. 1102--Rule 
providing for H.R. 5719--Taxpayer Assistance and Simplification Act of 
2008) and ``yea'' on rollcall vote 188 (H.R. 5036--Emergency Assistance 
for Secure Elections Act of 2008).

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