[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 107 (Friday, July 18, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1532]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                         HON. JAMES P. McGOVERN

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 18, 2003

  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Chairman, on Thursday, July 17, 2003, during 
rollcall 382 I mistakenly voted against House Amendment 263 to H.R. 
2691, the FY 2004 Interior Department Appropriations Bill. The 
amendment, sponsored by Mr. Gallegly of California and Mr. Moran of 
Virginia, sought to restrict the use of funds by the U.S. Forest 
Service or the Bureau of Land Management to administer any action 
related to the baiting of bears except to prevent or prohibit such 
activity. As a cosponsor of H.R. 1472, the ``Don't Feed the Bears Act 
of 2003'', I certainly support ending the practice of bear baiting and 
will work vigorously for the passage of this legislation during this 
session of Congress.
  I sincerely regret this error as I intended to have voted in favor of 
the Gallegly-Moran amendment.

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