[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 19]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 25749]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                         HON. LUIS V. GUTIERREZ

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 24, 2003

  Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably absent from this 
chamber on October 20, 2003. I would like the record to show that had I 
been present in this chamber, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall 
votes 563, 564 and 565.

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