[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 148 (Wednesday, November 9, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2309-E2310]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                           HON. SHERROD BROWN

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 9, 2005

  Mr. BROWN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, on Monday, November 7, 2005, I was 
unable to cast votes on 3 measures on the suspension calendar. I ask 
that my absence be excused, and

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that the Congressional Record show that had I been present, I would 
have voted ``yea'' on H. Con. Res. 260 (Recognizing the 40th 
anniversary of the Second Vatican Council's Declaration on the Relation 
of the Church to Non-Christian Religions, Nostra Aetate, and the 
continuing need for mutual inter-religious respect and dialogue), 
``yea'' on H.R. 1973 (Water for the Poor Act of 2005), and ``yea'' on 
H. Res. 444 (Gynecological Resolution for Advancement of Ovarian Cancer 
Education).

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