[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 15789]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                         HON. DAVID G. REICHERT

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, June 19, 2009

  Mr. REICHERT. Madam Speaker, along with 136 of my colleagues, I was 
unable to return to the House floor in time for an unexpected recorded 
vote on a motion to rise late in the evening of June 16, 2009. Had I 
been present for the vote, I would have voted ``no'' so that the House 
would consider an amendment to assess the economic impact of the delay 
in enacting the Colombia Free Trade Agreement.

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