[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 52 (Tuesday, April 1, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E634]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                           HON. HENRY J. HYDE

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, April 1, 2003

  Mr. HYDE. Mr. Speaker, between March 11, 2003 and March 31, 2003, I 
was intermittently absent for several rollcall votes having undergone 
corrective back surgery.
  Had I been present, I would have voted:

     Rollcall Vote No., Description, Vote

50, Observer status for Taiwan--``yea.''
51, 60th Anniversary--Rescue of Bulgarian Jews--``yea.''
52, Armey Room--``yea.''
53, Approving the Journal--``yea.''
54, Bicentennial Admission of Ohio into the Union--``yea.''
55, Need for improved fire safety in nonresidential buildings--``yea.''
56, Hospital Mortgage Insurance Act of 2003--``yea.''
57, Automatic Defibrillation in Adam's Memory Act--``yea.''
58, Mosquito Abatement for Safety and Health Act--``yea.''
59, Organ Donation Improvement Act--``yea.''
60, Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act--``yea.''
61, On Ordering the Previous Question (H.R. 5)--``yea.''
62, On Agreeing to the Resolution on H.R. 5--(Rule)--``yea.''
63, On motion to Recommit--``no.''
64, On Passage of H.R. 5 (HEALTH Act)--``yea.''
65, Condemning the punishment of execution by stoning--``yea.''
66, Nicaragua Property Dispute Settlement Act--``yea.''
67, Addressing human rights abuses in North Korea--``yea.''
68, Mortgage Servicing Clarification Act--``yea.''
69, Cibola National Wildlife Refuge, California--``yea.''
70, Rathdrum Prairie/Spokane Valley Aquifer--``yea.''
71, Sherman Amendment to H.R. 975--``no.''
72, Nadler Amendment to H.R. 975--``no.''
73, Motion to Recommit H.R. 975--``no.''
74, On Passage of H.R. 975, the Bankruptcy Act--``yea.''
75, Approving the Journal--``yea.''
76, Armed Forces Tax Fairness Act--``yea.''
77, Ruling in Newdow v. United States Congress--``yea.''
78, Hill Amendment to H. Con. Res. 95--``no.''
79, Toomey Amendment to H. Con. Res. 95--``no.''
80, Cummings Amendment to H. Con. Res. 95--``no.''
81, Spratt Amendment to H. Con. Res. 95--``No.''
84, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area--``yea.''
85, Upper Mississippi River Basin--``yea.''
86, On ordering previous question (H.R. 1104)--``yea.''
87, Feeney Amendment--``yea.''
88, Smith Amendment--``yea.''
89, On passage of HR 1104--Child Abduction Prevention Act--``yea.''
90, Recognizing need for fasting and prayer--``yea.''
91, U.S. Armed Forces as POWs in Iraq--``yea.''
92, Injuries resulting from smallpox vaccine--``yea.''
93, Honoring Fayettville, NC for the Festival of Flight--``yea.''
94, Amend the Small Business Act--``yea.''

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