[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 159 (Wednesday, November 5, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2230]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                          HON. BETTY McCOLLUM

                              of minnesota

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 5, 2003

  Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, due to an unexpected illness, I was unable 
to vote on rollcall votes 590 to 599. Had I been present, I would have 
voted the following:
  On rollcall vote 590, agreeing to the journal, I would have voted 
``aye.''
  On rollcall vote 591, the motion to recommit the conference report on 
H.R. 2115, the FAA Reauthorization Act, I would have voted ``aye.''
  On rollcall vote 592, agreeing to the conference report on H.R. 2115, 
the FAA Reauthorization Act, I would have voted ``no.''
  On rollcall vote 593, H. Res. 409, repudiating anti-Semitic remarks 
expressed by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, I would have voted ``aye.''
  On rollcall vote 594, the motion to recommit the conference report on 
H.R. 2691, the Interior Appropriations Act, I would have voted ``aye.''
  On rollcall vote 595, agreeing to the conference report on H.R. 2691, 
the Interior Appropriations Act, I would have voted ``no.''
  On rollcall vote 596, H. Con. Res. 302, expressing the sense of 
Congress in welcoming President Chen Shui-bian of Taiwan to the United 
States, I would have voted ``aye.''
  On rollcall vote 597, H. Res. 421, the martial law rule for same day 
consideration of the conference report of H.R. 3289, the Supplemental 
Appropriations Act of FY2004, I would have voted ``no.''
  On rollcall vote 598, the Johnson motion to instruct conferees on the 
conference report of H.R. 6, the Energy and Water Appropriations Act, I 
would have voted ``aye.''
  On rollcall vote 599, the Davis motion to instruct conferees on the 
conference report of H.R. 1, the Medicare Prescription Drug Act, I 
would have voted ``aye.''
  I ask for unanimous consent that this be inserted into the Record.

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