[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6614]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, on April 26 I inadvertently voted ``yea'' on 
final passage of H.R. 503, the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, when it 
was my strong intent to vote ``no'' on the bill. I feel that the best 
way to protect the fetus is to better protect the woman, and because 
this legislation fails to address the need for legislation to prevent 
and punish violence against women, I would not support this or any 
other similar bill.

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