[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 20]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 27389-27390]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                              HON. ED CASE

                               of hawaii

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 5, 2003

  Mr. CASE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to address the 26 votes I missed 
during the period October 29th through October 31st due to my 
participation in an official Congressional delegation to Iraq approved 
by you. Although I regret these missed votes, there is no question that 
that trip was indispensable to a more complete understanding of our 
intervention in Iraq.
  I wish to state for the Record how I would have voted on these 26 
votes.
  On rollcall votes 580, 584, 585, 588, 589, and 590, motions to 
adjourn, I would have voted ``no.''
  On rollcall vote 581, approval of the journal, I would have voted 
``aye.''
  On rollcall vote 576, passage of H.R. 1720, the Veterans Health Care 
Facilities Capital Improvement Act, I would have voted ``aye.''
  On rollcall vote 577, passage of H.R. 1516, the National Cemetery 
Expansion Act of 2003, I would have voted ``aye.''
  On rollcall vote 578, passage of H.R. 3365, the Fallen Patriots Tax 
Relief Act, I would have voted ``aye.''

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  On rollcall vote 579, passage of H. Res. 414, to encourage the 
People's Republic of China to fulfill its commitments under 
international trade agreements, support the United States manufacturing 
sector, and establish monetary and financial market reforms, I would 
have voted ``aye.''
  On rollcall vote 582, passage of 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, I 
would have voted ``aye.''
  On rollcall vote 583, passage of H.J. Res. 75, making further 
continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2004, I would have voted 
``aye.''
  On rollcall 584, on ordering the previous question on H. Res. 422, 
providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R. 
2115, FAA Reauthorization Act, I would have voted ``no.''
  On rollcall vote 587, on passage of H. Res. 422, providing for 
consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R. 2115, FAA 
Reauthorization Act, I would have voted ``no.''
  On rollcall vote 591, motion to recommit the conference report to 
accompany H.R. 2115, FAA Reauthorization Act, I would have voted 
``aye.''
  On rollcall vote 592, passage of H.R. 2115, FAA Reauthorization Act, 
I would have voted ``no.''
  On rollcall 593, passage of H. Res. 409, repudiating anti-Semitic 
remarks expressed by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, I would have voted ``aye.''
  On rollcall vote 594, motion to recommit the conference report to 
accompany H.R. 2691, the FY2004 Department of Interior Appropriations 
Act, I would have voted ``aye.''
  On rollcall vote 595, passage of the conference report to accompany 
H.R. 2691, the FY2004 Department of Interior Appropriations Act, I 
would have voted ``no.''
  On rollcall 596, passage of H. Con. Res 302, expressing a sense of 
Congress welcoming President Chen Shui-bian of Taiwan to the United 
States on October 31, 2003, I would have voted ``aye.''
  On rollcall vote 597, on agreeing to H. Res. 421, waiving a 
requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration 
of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules (martial 
law for consideration of H.R. 3289, Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations), I would have voted ``no.''
  On rollcall vote 598, the Johnson motion to instruct conferees on 
H.R. 6, the Energy Policy Act of 2003, I would have voted ``aye.''
  On rollcall vote 599, the Davis motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 
1, the Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act, I would have 
voted ``aye.''
  On rollcall vote 600, motion to recommit with instructions H.R. 3289, 
the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Defense and for the 
Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan for FY2004, I would have voted 
``no.''
  On rollcall vote 601, agreeing to the conference report to accompany 
H.R. 3289, the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Defense and 
Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, I would have voted ``aye.''
  Mr. Speaker, thank you for the opportunity to confirm my position on 
these important votes during my necessary absence.

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