[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 153 (Tuesday, October 28, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2143]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

                                 ______
                                 

                         HON. LUIS V. GUTIERREZ

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 28, 2003

  Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably absent from this 
chamber on July 14, 2003 and missed rollcall vote No. 357, the 
Ackerman-LaTourette amendment to the Agriculture Appropriations bill 
which would require that the USDA expend no funds to approve meat from 
downed animals-- animals that are too sick to walk or stand--for food. 
I would like the Record to show that had I been present, I would have 
voted ``yea.''

                          ____________________