[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 23236]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                          HON. JOHN R. CARTER

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 24, 2003

  Mr. CARTER. Mr. Speaker, during rollcall votes 509, 510, and 511, 
Representative Ryan (OH) Motion to Instruct Conferees on H.R. 1308, 
Representative Stenholm Motion to Instruct Conferees on H.R. 1, and 
Representative Rodriguez Motion to Instruct Conferees on H.R. 1588, I 
was unavoidably detained. If I had been present, I would have voted 
``no.''
  During rollcall vote 512, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Land 
Exchange Act of 2003, H.R. 1409, I was unavoidably detained. If I had 
been present, I would have voted ``yea.''

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