[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 20666]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. EHRLICH. Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday, October 16th, I was unavoidably 
detained from participating in floor proceedings. Had I been present, I 
would have voted in the following ways on the legislation the House 
considered:
  H. Con. Res. 248, Expressing the sense of the Congress that public 
schools may display the words ``God Bless America'' as an expression of 
support for the Nation: ``Yea.''
  H. Con. Res. 217, Recognizing the historic significance of the 
fiftieth anniversary of the alliance between Australia and the United 
States under the ANZUS Treaty, paying tribute to the United States-
Australia relationship, reaffirming the importance of economic and 
security cooperation between the United States and Australia, and 
welcoming the state visit by Australian Prime Minister John Howard: 
``Yea.''
  H.R. 2272, The Coral Reef and Coastal Marine Conservation Act: 
``Yea.''

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