[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19683]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. PASTOR. Mr. Speaker, due to my father's serious heart condition, 
I was called back to Arizona, and I missed several rollcall votes on 
Wednesday and Thursday.
  Had I been here, I would have voted in the following manner:
  On rollcall No. 429, final passage of H.R. 2800, the Foreign 
Operations Appropriations Act, I would have voted ``aye.''
  On rollcall No. 432, final passage of H.R. 2739, the United States-
Singapore Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, I would have voted 
``no.''
  On rollcall No. 436, final passage of H.R. 2738, the United States-
Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, I would have voted 
``no.''
  On rollcall No. 444, final passage of H.R. 2210, the School Readiness 
Act, I would have voted ``no.''
  On rollcall No. 445, final passage of H.R. 2427, the Pharmaceutical 
Market Access Act, I would have voted ``aye.''
  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the understanding of the House and my 
constituents on this issue.

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