[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12636]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                        HON. ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 14, 2009

  Mr. CUMMINGS. Madam Speaker, on May 12 2009, due to an illness, I 
missed the following recorded votes:
  Roll No. 243, on a Motion to Table a Resolution Raising a Question of 
the Privileges of the House; had I been present, I would have voted 
``aye'';
  Roll No. 244, on H. Res. 413--Supporting the goals and ideals of 
``IEEE Engineering the Future'' Day on May 13, 2009; had I been 
present, I would have voted ``aye''; and,
  Roll No. 245, on H. Res. 378--Recognizing the 30th anniversary of the 
election of Margaret Thatcher as the first female Prime Minister of 
Great Britain; had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.''

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