[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 12 (Wednesday, February 4, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E107]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                         HON. MICHAEL M. HONDA

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 4, 2004

  Mr. HONDA. Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday January 27th, Wednesday January 
28th, and on Tuesday February 3rd, I was unavoidably detained due to 
family matters I had to take care of in California and was not present 
for rollcall votes on those days.
  Had I been present I would have voted the following:
  Rollcall No. 6, to extend the provision of title 39, United States 
Code, under which the United States Postal Service is authorized to 
issue a special postage stamp to benefit breast cancer research, I 
would have voted ``yea.''
  Rollcall No. 7, the Medical Devices Technical Corrections Act, I 
would have voted ``yea.''
  Rollcall No. 8, on the Baldwin Substitute Amendment, I would have 
voted ``yea.''
  Rollcall No. 9, on the motion to recommit with instructions, I would 
have voted ``yea.''
  Rollcall No. 10, on final passage of S. 1920, a bill to extend for 6 
months the period for which chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States 
Code is reenacted, I would have voted ``nay.''
  Rollcall No. 13, on the motion to instruct conferees, I would have 
voted ``yea.''
  Rollcall No. 14, expressing the profound sorrow of the House of 
Representatives on the anniversary of the accident that cost the crew 
of the Space Shuttle Columbia their lives, and extending heartfelt 
sympathy to their families, I would have voted ``yea.''
  Rollcall No. 15, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives 
regarding several individuals who are being held as prisoners of 
conscience by the Chinese Government for their involvement in efforts 
to end the Chinese occupation of Tibet, I would have voted ``yea.''
  Rollcall No. 16, recognizing the 93rd birthday of Ronald Reagan, I 
would have voted ``yea.''

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