[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 61 (Wednesday, May 11, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H3161]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, I would like to submit this 
statement for the Record and regret that I could not be present today, 
Wednesday, May 11, 2005 to vote on rollcall vote Nos. 164, 165, 166, 
167 and 168 due to a family medical emergency.
  Had I been present, I would have voted: ``no'' on rollcall vote No. 
164 on Ordering the Previous Question on H. Res. 268; ``no'' on 
rollcall vote No. 165--an amendment to H.R. 1279; ``yea'' on rollcall 
vote No. 166--an amendment to H.R. 1279; ``yea'' on rollcall vote No. 
167 on the Motion to Recommit H.R. 1279 with instructions; and, ``no'' 
on rollcall vote No. 168 on passage of H.R. 1279--Gang Deterrence and 
Community Protection Act of 2005.

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