[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 1129]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                     HON. STEPHANIE HERSETH SANDLIN

                            of south dakota

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, January 15, 2009

  Ms. HERSETH SANDLIN. Madam Speaker, I regret that I was unable to 
participate in a vote on the floor of the House of Representatives 
yesterday.
  The vote was H. Res. 40, amending the Rules of the House of 
Representatives to require each standing committee to hold periodic 
hearings on the topic of waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement in 
Government programs which that committee may authorize, and for other 
purposes. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on that 
question.

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