[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 126 (Thursday, August 2, 2007)] [Extensions of Remarks] [Page E1683] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] PERSONAL EXPLANATION ______ HON. THOMAS H. ALLEN of maine in the house of representatives Wednesday, August 1, 2007 Mr. ALLEN. Madam Speaker, on July 31, 2007, I was unavoidably absent from the Capitol. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes'' on rollcall vote No. 778, to sustain the ruling of the Chair of the Committee of the Whole in her ruling against Mr. Shadegg of Arizona during debate on the McHenry Amendment to the Gingrey Amendment to H.R. 3161, the Agriculture Appropriations Bill. I would have voted ``yes'' on rollcall vote No. 779, the Motion by the Majority Leader for the Committee of the Whole House to Rise from its consideration of H.R. 3161, the Agriculture Appropriations Bill. ____________________