[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 10768]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                         HON. MICHAEL M. HONDA

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Wednesday, May 7, 2003

  Mr. HONDA. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall vote No. 157, I was unavoidably 
detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no'' on rollcall 
vote No. 157, the Pitts Amendment to H.R. 1298, a bill to provide 
assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and 
malaria.

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