[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 121 (Thursday, September 30, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1754]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                         HON. MICHAEL M. HONDA

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 29, 2004

  Mr. HONDA. Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday, September 28, I was unavoidably 
detained for rollcall votes that day.
  Had I been present I would have voted the following:
  Rollcall 473, on the Motion to Instruct Conferees on H.R. 4200--
Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2005, instructing conferees 
to adopt the bipartisan Senate-passed provisions on hate crimes, I 
would have voted ``yea'';
  Rollcall 474, on the Motion to close portions of the Defense 
Authorization Act Conference from the public for national security 
reasons, I would have voted ``yea''; and on
  Rollcall 475, on S. 2363, to revise and extend the Boys and Girls 
Clubs of America, I would have voted ``yea.''

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