[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 14]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 19058]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                          HON. JOSE E. SERRANO

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 22, 2003

  Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ask that the Record show 
that on Thursday, July 17, 2003, during consideration of the FY04 
Appropriations bill for the Department of the Interior, I inadvertently 
voted ``no'' on the Gallegly-Moran ``Don't Feed the Bears'' Amendment, 
to stop the dangerous and unsporting practice of bear-baiting on 
federal lands, when it was my intention to support the amendment.
  This amendment, had it passed, would have banned the unsporting 
practice of using food to attract bears for slaughter on federal lands. 
I am a cosponsor of H.R. 1472 because of my strong opposition to the 
practice of bear-baiting. I will continue to actively support enactment 
of H.R. 1472.

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