[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 15908]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                         HON. CHRISTOPHER SHAYS

                             of connecticut

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 14, 2004

  Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Speaker, on July 12, I was returning to Washington 
from the NAACP Annual Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and, 
therefore, missed four recorded votes.
  I take my voting responsibility very seriously and would like the 
Congressional Record to reflect that, had I been present, I would have 
voted ``no'' on recorded vote number 359, ``yes'' on recorded vote 
number 360, ``no'' on recorded vote number 361, and ``yes'' on recorded 
vote number 362.

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