[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 5830]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. AKIN. Mr. Speaker, I stayed in St. Louis to attend my pastor's 
visitation on March 11th and was absent for recorded votes.
  Had I been present for those votes, I would have voted as follows on 
the following bills under suspension of the rules: H.R. 441--``yes''; 
H. Con. Res. 77--``yes''; H. Res. 19--``yes.''

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