[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16166]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. RENZI. Mr. Speaker, I was attending Congressman Bob Stump's 
funeral service today and missed votes on the following measures:
  1. On motion to suspend the rules and pass S. 858--Abraham Lincoln 
Bicentennial Commission Extension Act, roll No. 312. Had I been 
present, I would have voted ``yea.''
  2. On motion to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 2474--to require that 
funds made available for fiscal years 2003 and 2004 for the Bill 
Emerson and Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowships be administered through 
the Congressional Hunger Center, roll No. 313. Had I been present, I 
would have voted ``yea.''
  3. On motion to suspend the rules and pass H.J. Res. 49--recognizing 
the important service to the Nation provided by the Foreign Agriculture 
Service of the Department of Agriculture on the occasion of its 50th 
anniversary, roll No. 314. Had I been present, I would have voted 
``yea.''

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