[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 14]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 18659]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                          HON. JOHN R. CARTER

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 16, 2003

  Mr. CARTER. Mr. Speaker, during rollcall vote 322, the resolution to 
provide consideration of H.R. 1, the Medicare Prescription Drug and 
Modernization Act, I was unavoidably detained due to an urgent family 
matter. If I had been present, I would have voted ``yea.''

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