[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 8054]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                         HON. ROBERT E. ANDREWS

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, April 1, 2003

  Mr. ANDREWS. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably detained for the three 
votes on March 31, 2003. I was attending a rally for the safe return of 
Sgt. James Riley of Pennsauken, NJ, a mechanic in the Army's 507th 
Maintenance Company who was among five soldiers captured in southern 
Iraq on March 23.
  Had I been present, I would have voted in favor of H.R. 1166 and H. 
Con. Res. 58, and I would have voted against H.R. 1463.

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