[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 22]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 30977]
[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

                       Friday, November 21, 2003

  Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. Speaker, on November 20, 2003, I was unavoidably 
detained and missed the vote on Roll Call Number 654 on H.R. 1828, the 
Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2003.
  Had I been present, I would have voted ``Yes.''

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