[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 14]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 18752]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                             HON. JIM KOLBE

                               of arizona

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 18, 2003

  Mr. KOLBE. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, I was at a meeting with President 
Bush at the White House and missed the vote on H. Res. 319, on Ordering 
the Previous Question providing for consideration of the bill H.R. 
2691, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for 
other purposes. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.''

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