[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 24]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 32618]
[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

                      Wednesday, December 16, 2009

  Mr. REICHERT. Madam Speaker, as indicated in the Leave of Absence 
request granted by the House of Representatives, I was not in 
attendance for votes on Tuesday, December 8, 2009, so that I could 
support my constituents, the law enforcement community, and the 
residents of the Pacific northwest at a memorial service to mourn the 
tragic loss of four Lakewood Police officers.
  Were I in attendance, I would have voted in favor of the Motion to 
Instruct Conferees on H.R. 3288, rollcall Vote No. 931; H. Con. Res. 
199, rollcall Vote No. 932; H. Con. Res. 206, rollcall Vote No. 933; H. 
Res. 940, rollcall Vote No. 934; H. Res. 845, rollcall Vote No. 935; 
H.R. 2278, rollcall Vote No. 936; H. Res. 915, rollcall Vote No. 937; 
and H. Res. 907, rollcall Vote No. 938.

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