Madam Speaker, because I was chairing the committee addressing the question of the United-Continental merger, I was unavoidably detained and I missed the vote of H. Con. Res. 242, honoring and praising the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on the occasion of its 101st anniversary. If I had been present, I would have voted an enthusiastic ``aye.'' ____________________
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