[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 83 (Tuesday, June 21, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1301]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                         HON. KATHERINE HARRIS

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 21, 2005

  Ms. HARRIS. Mr. Speaker, I encountered plane difficulties Monday, 
June 20, 2005, that caused me to miss floor votes regrding H.R. 2863, 
the Department of Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2006. 
Since this bIll is one that I believe is vital to our Nation, I am very 
dismayed that I was unable to participate. I would have voted ``nay'' 
on the Obey, Doggett, Velazquez, and DeFazio Amendments. Additionally, 
I would have voted ``yea'' on the Hunter Amendment and for final 
passage of H.R. 2863.

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