[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 34 (Thursday, March 16, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E389-E390]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                         HON. ROBERT E. ANDREWS

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 16, 2006

  Mr. ANDREWS. Mr. Speaker, I regret that I missed five votes on March 
15, 2006. I stayed in New Jersey to be with a family member who was 
undergoing surgery. Had I been present, I would have voted no on 
Ordering the Previous Question (with regard to H.R. 4939, making 
emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2006, and for other purposes); no on H. Res. 725 (the 
rule providing for consideration of H.R. 4939); yes on H. Con. Res. 190 
(Expressing the sense of Congress that the Russian Federation should 
fully protect the freedoms of all religious communities without 
distinction, whether registered and unregistered, as stipulated by the 
Russian Constitution and international standards); no on the Gilchrest 
Amendment (which strikes language in the

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H.R. 4939 that would block the Dubai Port World deal); and yes on H.R. 
4944 (To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to 
modify temporarily certain rates of duty, to make other technical 
amendments to the trade laws, and for other purposes).

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