[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 104 (Wednesday, July 27, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                        HON. HENRY E. BROWN, JR.

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 27, 2005

  Mr. BROWN of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I am writing to notify you 
that I was absent July 19, 2005. The reason for my absence was that I 
had to have an emergency appendectomy at the Bethesda Naval Hospital.
  Regarding the votes that I missed please see below for the way that I 
would have voted had I been present:
  Vote No. 383--previous question, ``aye''; vote No. 384--adoption of 
the rule for H.R. 2601, ``aye''; vote No. 385--Hyde amendment, ``aye''; 
vote No. 386--Kennedy (MN)/Hooley/Osborne/Souder amendment, ``aye''; 
vote No. 387--Hooley/Souder/Baird amendment, ``aye''; vote No. 388--
Souder #4 amendment, ``aye''; vote No. 389--Smith (NJ) amendment, 
``aye''.

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