[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 24353]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, I was unable to be present for rollcall 
votes 538 and 539 for personal reasons. Had I been present, I would 
have voted ``yea'' on rollcall votes 538 and 539.

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