[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 11446]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                           HON. JOE COURTNEY

                             of connecticut

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 4, 2008

  Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Speaker, on Tuesday, June 3, 2008, I was 
necessarily absent from House business as I celebrated the high school 
graduation of my son in Connecticut.
  Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall 367, H. 
Con Res 138, Supporting National Men's Health Week; voted ``yea'' on 
rollcall 368 H. Res 923, Recognizing the State of Minnesota's 150th 
Anniversary; and voted ``yea'' on rollcall 369, H. Res 1114, Supporting 
the goals and ideals of the Arbor Day Foundation and National Arbor 
Day. My vote would not have changed the outcome of any rollcall.

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