[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 20]
[House]
[Page 26937]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, on today, Thursday, November 5, 2009, I was 
unavoidably detained and I missed a series of three votes. I missed 
rollcall Nos. 859, 860, and 861. Had I been present and voting, I would 
have voted as follows: Rollcall vote No. 859 ``yea'' (On Senate 
Amendments to H.R. 3548). Rollcall vote No. 860 ``yea'' (On agreeing to 
H. Con. Res. 139). Rollcall vote No. 861 ``aye'' (On agreeing to H. 
Res. 880).

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