[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 34 (Tuesday, March 4, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E362]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                           HON. HENRY J. HYDE

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, March 4, 2003

  Mr. HYDE. Mr. Speaker, on February 27, 2003, 1 was unavoidably absent 
for several rollcall votes, due to influenza and a physician's advice 
to rest.
  Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall votes 37 
(Greenwood Substitute Amendment) and 38 (Motion to Recommit) and 
``yea'' on rollcall vote 39 (Final Passage of H.R. 534--Human Cloning 
Prohibition Act).

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