[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 71 (Tuesday, May 22, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E898]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                           HON. HAROLD ROGERS

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 22, 2001

  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably detained for 
several rollcall votes on May 21st and May 22nd due to flight delays 
and cancellations. The votes were on passage of H. Con. Res. 56, and on 
adoption of several amendments to H.R. 1, to Leave No Child Behind Act 
of 2001. If I had been present, I would have voted the following: 
rollcall vote No. 126--``yea''; rollcall vote No. 128--``yea''; 
rollcall vote No. 129--``yea''; rollcall vote No. 130--``nay''; and 
rollcall vote No. 131--``yea''.
  In particular, I want to voice my strong support for H. Con. Res. 56, 
a resolution recognizing National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. This 
resolution pays tribute to the roughly 2,400 American citizens who died 
in the attack that day, and to the more than 12,000 members of the 
Pearl Harbor Survivors Association. The story of Pearl Harbor will 
always invoke tragic memories for all of us, and it is appropriate that 
we pay special tribute and respect towards the military men and women 
who have paid the ultimate price to preserve the freedoms we Americans 
enjoy to this day.

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