[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 13461-13462]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                          HON. JOHNNY ISAKSON

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 22, 2004

  Mr. ISAKSON. Mr. Speaker, I was not able to be present for rollcall 
votes 260 through 278 on Thursday, June 17, 2004, Friday, June 18, 
2004, and Monday, June 21, 2004 due to a requested and approved leave 
of absence. Had I been present, the record would reflect that I would 
have voted:
  ``Yea'' on rollcall 260, on approving the journal;
  ``No'' on rollcall 261 on the Hinchey amendment numbered 18 printed 
in the Congressional Record to prohibit the use of funds to kill bison, 
or assist in the killing of bison, in the Yellowstone National Park 
herd;
  ``No'' on rollcall 262 on the Sanders amendment to prohibit the use 
of funds to maintain more than 65 million barrels of oil in the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve;
  ``No'' on rollcall 263 on the Holt amendment numbered 4 printed in 
the Congressional Record to prohibit the use of funds to permit 
recreational snowmobile use in Yellowstone

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National Park, Grand Teton Park and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 
Memorial Parkway, which connects the two parks;
  ``Yes'' on rollcall 264 making appropriations for the Department of 
the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2005, and for other purposes;
  ``No'' on rollcall 265 on the DeFazio amendment numbered 17 printed 
in the Congressional Record to strike the proviso beginning on line 5;
  ``No'' on rollcall 266 on the Sweeney amendment numbered 3 printed in 
the Congressional Record to increase by $450,000,000 the Office for 
State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness;
  ``No'' on rollcall 267 on the Jackson-Lee amendment to increase 
research, development, acquisition and operations by $10,000,000;
  ``No'' on rollcall 268 on the DeLauro amendment which sought to 
insert a new section at the end of the bill to require that none of the 
funds appropriated by this Act may be used to issue an order under a 
task and delivery order contract to entities not in compliance with 
section 835 of Public Law 107-296;
  ``No'' on rollcall 269 on the Roybal-Allard amendment numbered 1 
printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit the use of funds to 
process or approve a review of options for privatizing of contracting 
out services provided as of June 1, by employees or temporary employees 
of the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services who serve as 
immigration information officers, contract representatives or 
investigative assistants;
  ``Yes'' on rollcall 270 on the Tancredo amendment to prohibit the use 
of funds to provide assistance to any state or local government entity 
or official that prohibits or restricts the sharing of an individual's 
citizenship or immigration status with the Bureau of Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement;
  ``No'' on rollcall 271 on the Maloney amendment numbered 9 printed in 
the Congressional Record to limit to 80 the total number of grants 
available under the Urban Area Security Initiative, which provides 
discretionary grants to high-threat, high-density urban areas;
  ``No'' on rollcall 272 on the Sabo amendment to insert a new section 
at the end of the bill for the Privacy Officer of the Department of 
Homeland Security to conduct privacy impact assessments of proposed 
rules as authorized by section 222 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 142), hereby derived from the amount provided in this Act for 
``Aviation Security'';
  ``No'' on rollcall 273 on the Markey amendment numbered 10 printed in 
the Congressional Record to prohibit the use of funds in the bill to 
approve, renew or implement any aviation cargo security plan that 
permits the transportation of unscreened or uninspected cargo on 
passenger planes;
  ``No'' on rollcall 274 on the Velazquez amendment which sought to 
prohibit the use of funds from being used by the Federal Protective 
Service to replace any existing contract for security guard services 
with statewide contracts for security guard services;
  ``Yes'' on rollcall 275 making appropriations for the Department of 
Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and 
for other purposes;
  ``Yes'' on rollcall 276 expressing the gratitude of the House of 
Representatives for the contributions made by America's community banks 
to the Nation's economic well-being and prosperity and the sense of the 
House of Representatives that a month should be designated as 
``Community Banking Month'';
  ``Yes'' on rollcall 277 passing the Helping Hands for Homeownership 
Act;
  ``Yes'' on rollcall 278 Congratulating Randy Johnson of the Arizona 
Diamondbacks on pitching a perfect game on May 18, 2004.

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