[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 82 (Thursday, June 5, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1136]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. JOE WILSON

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 4, 2003

  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall numbers 229, 
228, and 227, on June 2, 2003, and on numbers 232, 231, and 230 on June 
3, 2003, I was unable to cast my vote because I was part of a 
Congressional Delegation to North Korea.
  Had I been present, I would have voted the following:
  Rollcall number 232--S. 763--Birch Bayh Federal Building, I would 
have voted nay.
  Rollcall number 231--S. 273--Grand Teton National Park Land Exchange 
Act, I would have voted yea.
  Rollcall number 230--S. 222--Zuni Indian Tribe Water Rights 
Settlement Act, I would have voted yea.
  Rollcall number 229--H.R. 1465--General Charles Gabriel Post Office, 
I would have voted yea.
  Rollcall number 228--H. Res. 195--Congratulating Sammy Sosa, I would 
have voted yea.
  Rollcall number 227--H. Res. 159--Expressing Profound Sorrow on the 
Occasion of the death of Irma Rangel, I would have voted yea.

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