[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 19]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 26702]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                        HON. HAROLD E. FORD, JR.

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, October 29, 2003

  Mr. FORD. Mr. Speaker, regrettably, I was not present for rollcall 
vote Nos. 569-573 because of a previously scheduled commitment to serve 
as co-chair and co-host of the National Civil Rights Museum's annual 
Freedom Awards Banquet in my district in Memphis. The Freedom Awards 
Banquet was specifically scheduled to occur weeks after the target 
adjournment date.
  Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall vote Nos. 
569, 571, 572, 573 and ``nay'' on rollcall vote 570.

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