[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 148 (Tuesday, October 2, 2007)] [Extensions of Remarks] [Page E2041] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [[Page E2041]] PERSONAL EXPLANATION ______ HON. THOMAS H. ALLEN of maine in the house of representatives Tuesday, October 2, 2007 Mr. ALLEN. Madam Speaker, on October 1, 2007, I was absent from the House due to a death in the family. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall Vote No. 924, a motion by Ms. Castor to suspend the rules and pass H. Con. Res. 185, a resolution commending the 1st Brigade Combat Team/34th Infantry Division of the Minnesota National Guard upon its completion of the longest continuous deployment of any United States military unit during Operation Iraqi Freedom. I would also have voted ``yea'' on rollcall Vote No. 925, a motion by Mr. Clay to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 2276, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 203 North Main Street in Vassar, Michigan, as the ``Corporal Christopher E. Esckelson Post Office Building.'' Finally, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall Vote No. 926, a motion by Mr. Clay to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 3325, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 235 Mountain Road in Suffield, Connecticut, as the ``Corporal Stephen R. Bixler Post Office.'' ____________________