[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 65 (Tuesday, May 23, 2006)]
[House]
[Pages H3118-H3119]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, I would like to submit this 
statement for the Record and regret that I could not be present today, 
Tuesday, May 23, 2006 to vote on rollcall vote Nos. 179, 180, 181, 182, 
183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, and 193 due to a 
family medical emergency.
  Had I been present, I would have voted:
  ``No'' on rollcall vote No. 179 on calling the previous question on 
H. Res. 830--the rule providing for consideration of H.R. 5384--
Department of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for fiscal year 
2007; ``no'' on rollcall vote No. 180 on passage of H. Res. 830--the 
rule providing for consideration of H.R. 5384--Department of 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2007; ``yea'' on 
rollcall vote No. 181 on suspending the rules and agreeing to H.R. 
4681--the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism of 2006; ``yea'' on rollcall vote 
No. 182 on an amendment to H.R. 5384 to increase funding for Animal and 
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Health Inspection Service by $23 million to fight invasive species; 
``yea'' on rollcall vote No. 183 on an amendment to H.R. 5384 to 
increase funding for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service by 
$500,000 to fight Bovine Tuberculosis; ``no'' on rollcall vote No. 184 
on an amendment to H.R. 5384 to prohibit funds from being used to 
implement the National Animal Identification System; ``no'' on rollcall 
vote No. 185 on an amendment to H.R. 5384 to prohibit funds from being 
used to implement the Market Access Program, an agricultural export 
program; ``no'' on rollcall vote No. 186 on an amendment to H.R. 5384 
to reduce funding in the bill by 1 percent; ``no'' on rollcall vote No. 
187 on an amendment to H.R. 5384 to reduce funding for the Sugar Loan 
Program by 6 percent; ``no'' on rollcall vote No. 188 on an amendment 
to H.R. 5384 to reduce funding for the Agriculture Research Services 
building and facilities account by $65.3 million and the Cooperative 
State Research, Education, and Extension Services by $16.7 million; 
``no'' on rollcall vote No. 189 on an amendment to H.R. 5384 to 
prohibit the use of funds for expenditures in contravention of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act; ``no'' on rollcall vote No. 190 on an 
amendment to H.R. 5384 to strike $229,000 in funding for dairy 
education in Iowa; ``no'' on rollcall vote No. 191 on an amendment to 
H.R. 5384 to strike $180,000 in funding for hydroponic tomato 
production in Ohio; ``no'' on rollcall vote No. 192 on an amendment to 
H.R. 5384 to strike $100,000 in funding for the National Grape and Wine 
Initiative in California; ``yea'' on rollcall vote No. 193 on final 
passage of H.R. 5384--Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 
for fiscal year 2007.

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