[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 111 (Thursday, September 8, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1793]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. JAY INSLEE

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 8, 2005

  Mr. INSLEE. Mr. Speaker, over the Labor Day weekend, I volunteered at 
the Houston Astrodome to assist in relieving the victims of Hurricane 
Katrina. On Tuesday, September 6, 2005, en route to Washington, DC, 
from Houston, a passenger on my aircraft attempted to commit suicide 
and the flight was temporarily rerouted to Nashville, TN. As a result, 
my flight was significantly delayed in landing at Dulles airport, 
causing me to miss votes for both H. Res. 360, commemorating the 60th 
anniversary of V-J Day and the end of World War II in the Pacific, and 
S.J. Res. 19, a joint resolution calling upon the President to issue a 
proclamation recognizing the 30th anniversary of the Helsinki Final 
Act.
  Had I been present in the House of Representatives, I would have 
voted in support of both resolutions, H. Res. 360 and S.J. Res. 19.

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