[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 22]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 30979]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                         HON. VERNON J. EHLERS

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, November 21, 2003

  Mr. EHLERS. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall Nos. 626 and 627 I was absent 
because I was giving a major lecture on science and engineering to the 
American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
  Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye'' on both issues.

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