[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26416]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, due to a meeting 
within the Department of Justice, I unfortunately missed three recorded 
votes on the House floor earlier today.
  Had I not been unavoidably detained at this meeting, I would have 
voted ``yes'' on rollcall vote No. 580 (On Motion to Adjourn); ``yes'' 
on rollcall vote No. 581 (On Approving the Journal); and ``yes'' on 
rollcall vote No. 582 (On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree on H. 
Con. Res. 291, expressing deep gratitude for the valor and commitment 
of the members of the United States Armed Forces who were deployed in 
Operation Restore Hope to provide humanitarian assistance to the people 
of Somalia in 1993.

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