[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 21]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 29280]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. ROB PORTMAN

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, November 17, 2003

  Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. Speaker, on November 5, 2003, I was unavoidably 
detained and missed the vote on rollcall No. 609 on H.R. 3365, the 
Fallen Patriots Tax Relief Act. Had I been present, I would have voted 
``yes.''

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