[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 22145]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. DEUTSCH. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably absent from the Chamber 
today during rollcall votes No. 503, No. 504, and No. 505. Had I been 
present, I would have voted ``yea'' on all of these votes.

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