[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 13301]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                           HON. ED PERLMUTTER

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, June 20, 2008

  Mr. PERLMUTTER. Madam Speaker, due to external circumstances, I was 
unable to promptly return to House Chambers and I missed the following 
vote on Thursday, June 19, 2008. I would have voted as follows: H.R. 
2764, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, rollcall vote 431, 
Agreeing to Senate Amendment to House Amendment No.1: ``no.''
  I would have voted ``no'' on this amendment which provides $165.4 
billion in funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan because this 
amendment contained no benchmarks or timelines for redeploying our 
troops out of Iraq responsibly, safe, and soon.

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