[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 94 (Friday, July 9, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1348-E1349]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                          HON. XAVIER BECERRA

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, July 9, 2004

  Mr. BECERRA. Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday, July 6, 2004, I was unable to 
cast my floor vote on rollcall Nos. 326 and 327. The votes I missed 
include rollcall vote 326 on the Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, 
as amended, to H. Con. Res. 410, Recognizing the 25th Anniversary of 
the Adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of the Marshall 
Islands; and rollcall vote 327 on the Motion to

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Suspend the Rules and Agree to H. Con. Res. 257, Expressing the sense 
of Congress that the President should posthumously award the 
Presidential Medal of Freedom to Harry W. Colmery.
  Had I been present for the votes, I would have voted ``aye'' on 
rollcall votes 326 and 327.

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