[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 18]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 25048-25049]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                         HON. JOHN CONYERS, JR.

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 15, 2009

  Mr. CONYERS. Madam Speaker, on October 14, 2009, I was unable to cast 
votes, due to personal reasons. I was not present for rollcall votes 
775 through 779. Had I been present, I would have casted a ``yea'' vote 
for final passage of H. Res. 768, Expressing support for the 
designation of the month of October as ``National Work and Family 
Month''; H.R. 1327, Iran Sanctions Enabling Act of 2009; H. Res. 816, 
Mourning the loss of life caused by the earthquakes and tsunamis that 
occurred on September 29, 2009 in American Samoa and Samoa; H.R. 3371, 
Airline Safety and Pilot Training Improvement Act of 2009 and H. Res. 
786, Commemorating the canonization of Father Damien de Veuster, SS.CC. 
to sainthood.

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