[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 94 (Friday, July 9, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1340]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                         HON. MICHAEL M. HONDA

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, July 9, 2004

  Mr. HONDA. Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday, July 6, Wednesday, July 7, and 
during the morning of Thursday, July 8, I was unavoidably detained due 
to official international election monitoring efforts I took part in 
and was not present for rollcall votes on those days.
  Had I been present I would have voted the following:
  Rollcall 326, recognizing the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the 
Constitution of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, I would have 
voted ``yea'';
  Rollcall 327, expressing the sense of Congress that the President 
should posthumously award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Harry W. 
Colmery, I would have voted, ``yea'';
  Rollcall 328, on the Manzullo amendment, which would provide $79.1 
million for the Small Business 7(a) loan program to finance more than 
$13 billion in small business, I would have voted ``yea'';
  Rollcall 329, on the Flake amendment, which would prohibit the use of 
funds to implement the Commerce Department's new restrictions on gift 
parcels to Cuba and the amount of personal baggage allowed for 
travelers to Cuba, I would have voted ``yea'';
  Rollcall 330, on the Weiner amendment, which would increase COPS 
funding by $107 million and offsets that funding by cutting funding for 
the Census, I would have voted ``no'';
  Rollcall 331, on the Hefley amendment eliminating funding ($174 
million) for the re-engineered design process for the 2010 short-form 
only Census, I would have voted ``no'';
  Rollcall 332, on the Kucinich amendment, expanding the membership of 
the President's ``Manufacturing Council'' to include representatives 
from unions and the steel industry, I would have voted ``yea'';
  Rollcall 333, on the Paul amendment prohibiting funds to pay expenses 
for any U.S. contribution to the United Nations Educational, 
Scientific, and Cultural Organization, I would have voted ``no'';
  Rollcall 334, on the Farr amendment prohibiting funds from being used 
to prevent states from implementing state laws authorizing the use of 
medical marijuana I would have voted ``yea'';
  Rollcall 335, on the Paul amendment prohibiting funds from being used 
to pay any U.S. contribution to the United Nations or any affiliated 
agency of the United Nations, I would have voted, ``no'';
  Rollcall 336, on the rule providing for consideration of Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2004, 1 would have voted, 
``no'';
  Rollcall 337, on the rule providing for consideration of the 
Manufacturing Technology Competitiveness Act of 2003 I would have 
voted, ``no''; and
  Rollcall 338, on the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Act of 2004, 
I would have voted, ``yea.''

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