[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11497]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. ELLISON. Madam Speaker, on the afternoon of Thursday June 5, 
2008, I have an excused absence to attend my son's school graduation. 
If I were present, I would have voted ``no'' on rollcall No. 384 and 
385. I would have voted ``aye'' on rollcall No. 386 and 387.

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