[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 178 (Thursday, December 20, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2360]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                           HON. JOHN BOOZMAN

                              of arkansas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 19, 2001

  Mr. BOOZMAN. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, December 18, 2001, I was 
unavoidably delayed on my return to Washington, DC because of a 
security breach at Charlotte Douglas Airport, where I was scheduled to 
transfer flights, and a security delay at Reagan National Airport.
  For this reason, I missed votes on the final passage of H.R. 3334, 
the ``Richard J. Guadagno Headquarters and Visitors Center Designation 
Act'' and H.R. 3054, ``A bill to award congressional gold medals on 
behalf of government workers who responded to the attacks on the World 
Trade Center and perished and on behalf of people aboard United 
Airlines Flight 93 who helped resist the hijackers and caused the plane 
to crash.''
  Had I been present, I would have voted in the affirmative for both of 
these bills.

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