[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 9710]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                        HON. ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 19, 2008

  Mr. CUMMINGS. Madam Speaker, on May 14, 2008, due to a family 
obligation, I missed the following recorded vote:
  Roll No. 309, on providing for the consideration of the conference 
report to accompany H.R. 2419, the Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act. 
Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.''
  On May 15, 2008, due to obligations in the district, I missed the 
following recorded votes:
  Roll No. 326, on H.R. 406--Alice Paul Women's Suffrage Congressional 
Gold Medal Act. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye;''
  Roll No. 327, on H.R. 5872--Boy Scouts of America Centennial 
Commemorative Coin Act. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.''

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