[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26358]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, due to my attending the funeral of a member 
of our family on Wednesday, October 8, 2003, a day for which I 
requested and was granted leave of absence, I missed five recorded 
votes.
  I would like the Record to reflect that had I been here for these 
votes, on rollcall 535, final passage of H.R. 3108, Pension Funding 
Equity Act of 2003, I would have voted ``yea.''
  On rollcall 536, H.R. 2297, Veteran Benefits Act of 2003, I would 
have voted ``yea.''
  On rollcall 537, H.R. 2998, to amend title 10, U.S. Code, to exempt 
certain members of the Armed Forces from the requirement to pay 
subsistence charges while hospitalized, I strongly support this bill 
and have been complaining to the Secretary of Defense regarding 
unconscionable charging of $1 per minute for men and women on duty in 
Iraq who want to call home, and would have voted ``yea.''
  On rollcall 538, H. Res. 355, commemorating the 100th anniversary of 
diplomatic relations between the United States and Bulgaria, I would 
have voted ``yea.''
  On rollcall 539, expressing the condolences of the House of 
Representatives in response to the murder of Swedish Foreign Minister 
Anna Lindh, I would have voted ``yea.''

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