[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 107 (Friday, July 18, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1535]
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                         CLARIFICATION OF VOTE

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                   HON. CHARLES W. ``CHIP'' PICKERING

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 18, 2003

  Mr. PICKERING. Mr. Speaker, during the debate on the Labor and Health 
and Human Services Appropriations Bill (H.R. 2660) I erroneously voted 
against the Toomey Amendment. I was under the impression the bill 
restricted general funding for the National Institutes of Health which 
provides needed funds for medical research in my district. I would have 
voted for the amendment and fully support the efforts to stop the NIH 
from funding the highly inappropriate programs itemized in the 
amendment.

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