[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 14314]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, I regret that I could not be 
present today, Tuesday, June 10, 2003, to vote on rollcall vote Nos. 
252, 253, 254, 255 and 256 due to a family medical emergency.
  Had I been present, I would have voted:
  ``No'' on rollcall vote No. 252 on Ordering the Previous Question on 
H. Res. 263, Providing for consideration of the bill H.R. 2143, To 
prevent the use of certain bank instruments for unlawful Internet 
gambling, and for other purposes;
  ``No'' on rollcall vote No. 253 on H. Res. 263, Providing for 
consideration of the bill H.R. 2143, To prevent the use of certain bank 
instruments for unlawful Internet gambling, and for other purposes;
  ``Yea'' on rollcall vote No. 254 on the amendment offered by 
Representative Sensenbrenner to H.R. 2143, To strike language in the 
bill which states that a bet or wager does not include ``any lawful 
transaction with a business licensed or authorized by a State'';
  ``No'' on rollcall vote No. 255 on H.R. 2143, To Prevent the use of 
certain bank instruments for unlawful Internet gambling, and for other 
purposes; and
  ``Yea'' on rollcall vote No. 256 on H. Res. 252, expressing the sense 
of the House of Representatives supporting the United States in its 
efforts within the World Trade Organization (WTO) to end the European 
Union's protectionist and discriminatory trade practices of the past 
five years regarding agriculture biotechnology.

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