[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 9709]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                             HON. BILL SALI

                                of idaho

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 19, 2008

  Mr. SALI. Madam Speaker, on Question of Consideration on the Rule to 
provide for consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2419--Food and 
Energy Security Act of 2007 (Flake Earmark Point of Order), I was at an 
award ceremony in which the United States Navy honored the Observation 
Squadron SIXTY-SEVEN (VO-67) with a Presidential Unit Citation. Mr. 
Kerry Bignall, a constituent of mine and member of the VO-67, was among 
the honorees at the event. Had I been present, I would have voted 
``no''

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