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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida. Mr. Speaker, on Wednesday, November 
14, 2007, I was unavoidably detained and thus I missed rollcall votes 
No. 1090 through 1093. Had I been present, I would have voted in the 
following manner:
  On rollcall vote NO. 1090, on Adoption of the Conference Report on 
H.R. 1429, the Head Start for School Readiness Act, I would have voted 
``aye.''
  On rollcall vote No. 1091, on H.R. 3845, the PROTECT Our Children Act 
of 2007, I would have voted ``aye.''
  On rollcall vote No. 1092, on H.R. 719, the KIDS Act of 2007, I would 
have voted ``aye.''
  On rollcall vote No. 1093, on H. Res. 817, Providing for 
consideration of the conference report on H.R. 3074, Departments of 
Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies 
Appropriations for FY 2008, I would have voted ``nay.''

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