[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 50 (Thursday, March 27, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E604]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. ADAM SMITH

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 27, 2003

  Mr. SMITH of Washington. Mr. Speaker, due to family reasons, I missed 
the following rollcall votes:
  Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass. Sponsor: Representative Ron 
Kind; Motion agreed to: 411-13. To promote Department of the Interior 
efforts to provide a scientific basis for the management of sediment 
and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin, and for other 
purposes.
  Mr. Speaker, due to family reasons, I was unable to vote on rollcall 
No. 85, a motion to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 961, the Upper 
Mississippi River Basin Protection Act. Had I been present, I would 
have voted ``yes''.
  Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass. Sponsor: Representative Chris 
Cannon; Motion agreed to: 423-0. To revise the boundary of the Glen 
Canyon National Recreation Area in the States of Utah and Arizona.
  Mr. Speaker, due to family reasons, I was unable to vote on rollcall 
No. 84, a motion to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 788, the Glen 
Canyon National Recreation Area Boundary Revision Act. Had I been 
present, I would have voted ``yes''.

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