[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 17261]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. Speaker, today, I was absent attending to a 
previously scheduled commitment and missed the votes on rollcall No. 
411, on H.R. 4056, the Commercial Aviation MANPADS Defense Act; 
rollcall No. 412, on H. Res. 652, urging the Government of the Republic 
of Belarus to ensure a democratic, transparent, and fair election 
process for its parliamentary elections in the Fall of 2004.
  Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 411, 
``yea'' on rollcall No. 412.

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