[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 24]
[House]
[Page 32039]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina. Madam Speaker, unfortunately, I missed 
the following recorded votes on the House floor on Tuesday, December 
15, 2009 and on the morning of Wednesday, December 16, 2009.
  On Tuesday, December 15, 2009, had I been present I would have voted 
``aye'' on rollcall vote No. 971 (on motion to suspend the rules and 
agree to H. Res. 894); ``aye'' on rollcall vote No. 972 (on motion to 
suspend the rules and agree to H.R. 1517); ``aye'' on rollcall vote No. 
973 (on motion to suspend the rules and agree to H.R. 3978); ``aye'' on 
rollcall vote No. 974 (on motion to suspend the rules and agree to H. 
Res. 971); ``aye'' on rollcall vote No. 975 (on motion to suspend the 
rules and agree to H.R. 2194); ``aye'' on rollcall vote No. 976 (on 
motion to suspend the rules and agree to H. Res. 150); ``aye'' on 
rollcall vote No. 977 (on motion to suspend the rules and agree to S. 
1472).
  On December 16, 2009, had I been present I would have voted ``no'' on 
rollcall vote No. 978 (on agreeing to H. Con. Res. 223, providing for 
the sin die adjournment of the first session of the 111th Congress); 
``no'' on rollcall vote No. 979 (on ordering the previous question to 
H. Res. 973); ``no'' on rollcall vote No. 980 (on agreeing to H. Res. 
973; ``aye'' on rollcall vote No. 981 (on motion to suspend the rules 
and agree to H. Con. Res. 160).

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