[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 12, 2008)]
[House]
[Page H850]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky. Madam Speaker, Tuesday, February 12, 2008, I 
was absent from the House due to travel complications.
  Had I been present I would have voted:
  On rollcall No. 43--``yes''--H. Res. 954, honoring the life of senior 
Border Patrol agent Luis A. Aguilar, who lost his life in the line of 
duty near Yuma, Arizona, on January 19, 2008;
  On rollcall No. 44--``yes''--H. Res. 909, commemorating the courage 
of the Haitian soldiers that fought for American independence in the 
``Siege of Savannah'' and for Haiti's independence and renunciation of 
slavery;
  On rollcall No. 45--``yes''--H. Con. Res. 281, celebrating the birth 
of Abraham Lincoln and recognizing the prominence the Declaration of 
Independence played in the development of Abraham Lincoln's beliefs.

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