[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 30 (Wednesday, March 10, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H982]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably absent during some of the 
votes on amendments to H.R. 339, the ``Personal Responsibility in Food 
Consumption Act.'' I would like the Record to reflect that, had I been 
present, I would have voted in the following manner:
  Watt No. 6/ Scott (exempt state agency actions to enforce state 
consumer protection laws concerning mislabeling or other unfair and 
deceptive trade practices): ``Yes.''
  Watt No. 7 (preserve the right of state courts to hear cases brought 
under state law): ``Yes.''
  Andrews No. 2 (exempt manufacturers of genetically modified foods 
that do not disclose that the food is genetically modified from the 
legal immunity provided in the bill): ``Yes.''
  Ackerman No. 1 (exempt manufacturers and sellers of foods that have 
not taken steps to prevent meat from being tainted with mad cow disease 
from the legal immunity provided in the bill): ``Yes.''

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