[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 14]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 19296]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. BART STUPAK

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 23, 2003

  Mr. STUPAK. Mr. Speaker, I ask that the Record show that on Thursday, 
July 17, 2003, during consideration of the FY04 Appropriations bill for 
the Department of the Interior, H.R. 2691, I inadvertently voted 
``yes'' on the amendment of Mr. Udall of New Mexico to prevent the use 
of funds to finalize Bush Administration regulations that would revise 
requirements for scientific evaluation and public involvement during 
the development of forest management plans, when it was my intention to 
oppose the amendment.
  I am a strong supporter of multi-use forest plans and had voted for 
this amendment under the mistaken impression that this was the 
amendment offered by Mr. Udall of Colorado. I am pleased that despite 
my erroneous vote, the amendment of Mr. Udall of New Mexico was 
defeated so that I did not need to pursue any legislative remedies to 
overturn it.

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