[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12849]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                           HON. W. TODD AKIN

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 18, 2008

  Mr. AKIN. Madam Speaker, I was unable to participate in the following 
votes. Had I been present, I would have voted as follows: June 17, 
2008: rollcall vote No. 414, on motion to suspend the rules and pass, 
as amended--H.R. 2964--To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to 
treat nonhuman primates as prohibited wildlife species under that Act, 
to make corrections in the provisions relating to captive wildlife 
offenses under that Act, and for other purposes, I would have voted 
``nay''; rollcall vote No. 415, on motion to suspend the rules and 
pass, as amended--H.R. 3702--Montana Cemetery Act of 2007--I would have 
voted ``aye''; rollcall vote No. 416, on motion to suspend the rules 
and pass, as amended--H. Res. 1275--Honoring the life of Timothy John 
Russert, Jr., public servant, political analyst, and author--I would 
have voted ``aye.''

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