[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 66 (Wednesday, May 18, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H3543]
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 18, 2005 to vote on rollcall vote Nos. 181, 182, 183, 
184, 185, 186, 187, 188 and 189 due to a family medical emergency.
  Had I been present, I would have voted: ``No'' on rollcall vote No. 
181 on calling the previous question on H. Res. 283--the rule providing 
for consideration of H.R. 1817--Homeland Security Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2006; ``no'' on rollcall vote No. 182 on passage of H. Res. 
283--the rule providing for consideration of H.R. 1817--Homeland 
Security Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006; ``yea'' on rollcall 
vote No. 183 on an amendment to H.R. 1817 to increase funding for the 
Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General to $200 
million; ``yea'' on rollcall vote No. 184 on an amendment to H.R. 1817 
to prohibit any of the money in the DHS authorization bill to come from 
an increase in airline ticket taxes; ``no'' on rollcall vote No. 185 on 
an amendment to H.R. 1817 to clarify the existing authority of State 
and local enforcement personnel to apprehend, detain, remove, and 
transport illegal aliens in the routine course of duty, and requires 
DHS to establish a training manual on this matter and set forth simple 
guidelines for making that training available; ``yea'' on rollcall vote 
No. 186 on an amendment to H.R. 1817 to call for the Secretary of 
Homeland Security to submit a report to Congress on: the number and 
types of border violence activities that have occurred; the types of 
activities involved; a description of the categories of victims that 
exists; and a description of the steps that DHS is taking and any plan 
that the Department had formulated to prevent these activities; ``yea'' 
on rollcall vote No. 187 on an amendment to H.R. 1817 in the nature of 
a substitute to authorize $6.9 billion over H.R. 1817 in homeland 
security funding and includes a number of policy proposals to close 
security gaps and to restructure the Department of Homeland Security; 
``yea'' on rollcall vote No. 188 on the motion to recommit H.R. 1817 to 
the Committee on Homeland Security; and, ``yea'' on rollcall vote No. 
189 on passage of H.R. 1817--the Homeland Security Authorization Act 
for FY 2006.




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