[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 14]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 19109]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                           HON. JIM McDERMOTT

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, October 2, 2002

  Mr. McDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, I missed some votes yesterday because I 
was traveling. I left for Iraq last week to get a better understanding 
of how a preemptive U.S. military strike against Iraq will affect the 
Iraqi people, and to encourage the Iraqi leadership to allow United 
Nations weapons inspectors into the country.
  Had I been able to, I would have voted: ``yes'' on H.R. 4793; ``yes'' 
on H.R. 3450; ``yes'' on H. Res. 398; ``yes'' on H. Con. Res. 291; 
``yes'' on H.R. 4013; ``yes'' on H.R. 4014; ``yes'' on H. Res. 399; 
``yes'' on H.R. 5091; ``yes'' on H. Res. 561; ``yes'' on H. Con. Res. 
484; ``yes'' on H. Con. Res. 451; ``yes'' on H. Res. 522; ``yes'' on 
H.R. 556; ``yes'' on H.R. 5472; ``yes'' on H.R. 5469; ``yes'' on H.R. 
4125; ``yes'' on H. Res. 417; ``yes'' on H. Res. 538; ``yes'' on H.R. 
4851; ``yes'' on H. Res. 530; ``yes'' on H.R. 4944; ``yes'' on H.R. 
4874; ``yes'' on H.R. 4141; ``no'' on H.R. 4968; ``yes'' on H.R. 4129; 
``yes'' on H.R. 3802; ``yes'' on H. Con. Res. 425; ``yes'' on H.R. 
3813; ``yes'' on H.R. 4830; ``yes'' on H.R. 4692; ``yes'' on H.R. 3534; 
``yes'' on H.R. 5125; ``yes'' on H.R. 2426; ``yes'' on H.R. 5303.

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