[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 14]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 18741]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                        HON. WILLIAM O. LIPINSKI

                              of illinios

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 17, 2003

  Mr. LIPINSKI. Mr. Speaker, on July 14, 2003, I was unavoidably 
detained and missed rollcall vote No. 357, the Ackerman-LaTourette 
amendment to the Agriculture Appropriations bill which would require 
that the USDA expend no funds to approve meat from downed animals--
animals that are too sick to walk or stand--for food. Had I been 
present, I would have voted ``yea''.

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