[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 7265]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                          HON. ADAM H. PUTNAM

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 29, 2008

  Mr. PUTNAM. Madam Speaker, on Tuesday, April 22, 2008, I was not 
present for three votes. Please let the record show that had I been 
here, I would have voted: ``Yea'' on H. Res. 981--Recognizing March 6, 
2008, as the first-ever World Glaucoma Day, established to increase 
awareness of glaucoma, which is the second leading cause of preventable 
blindness in the United States and worldwide; ``yea'' on H.R. 5151--
Wild Monongahela Act: A National Legacy for West Virginia's Special 
Places; and ``yea'' on H.R. 831--Coffman Cove Administrative Site 
Conveyance Act.

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