[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 177 (Monday, December 15, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2553]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. JIM GIBBONS

                               of nevada

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, December 15, 2003

  Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to offer a personal 
explanation of the reason for my absence on November 17, 2003 during 
rollcall Votes #620, 621, 622, and 623. When these votes were called, I 
was detained in Nevada's Second Congressional District while tending to 
certain duties in the State of Nevada.
  If present, I would have voted: ``aye'' on rollcall Vote #620, S.J. 
Res. 22; ``aye'' on rollcall Vote #621, S.J. Res. 18; ``aye'' on 
rollcall Vote #299, H. Con. Res. 299; and ``aye'' on rollcall Vote 
#623, A Motion on Hour of Meeting.

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