[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 654]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                          HON. JOHN R. CARTER

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 28, 2004

  Mr. CARTER. Mr. Speaker, during rollcall vote 6, H.R. 1385, to extend 
the provision of title 39, United States Code, under which the United 
States Postal Service is authorized to issue a special postage stamp to 
benefit breast cancer research and during rollcall vote 7, H.R. 3493, 
Medical Devices Technical Corrections Act, I was unavoidably detained 
due to inclement weather. If I had been present, I would have voted 
``yea'' on rollcall vote 6 and 7.

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