[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 15512]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                        HON. MICHAEL H. MICHAUD

                                of maine

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 16, 2009

  Mr. MICHAUD. Madam Speaker, I rise today to inform you of the 
circumstances regarding my absence on June 15, 2009. Yesterday, I, 
along with members of the Maine and New Hampshire congressional 
delegations, met with the Honorable Ray Mabus, Secretary of the Navy, 
to discuss matters concerning the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. 
Unfortunately, because of this meeting, I was unable to make it back to 
Washington in time to register my votes. If I were present, I would 
have voted in favor of H.R. 430, H.R. 2325, H.R 729, and H.R. 540.

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