[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 569]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                        HON. TIMOTHY V. JOHNSON

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, January 20, 2011

  Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, unfortunately due to massive 
flight delays, I was not able to be in Washington, DC on Tuesday 
January 18, 2011 to vote on H.R. 292 and wished to express my 
intentions had I been in Washington, DC.
  Unfortunately, as American Airlines flight 3879 was boarding, the 
airline decided to hold the flight on the tarmac during a de-icing 
process of several other planes. My flight remained on the ground for 
well over two hours past its scheduled departure time of 3:10 CST. The 
plane eventually took off at 5:44 CST and did not arrive in Washington 
until 8:21 p.m. EST.
  Had I been present to vote on Rollcall No. 12, to suspend the rules 
and pass H.R. 292, the Stop the OverPrinting (STOP) Act, I would have 
voted ``yes''.

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