[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17823]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. KEVIN BRADY

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, September 8, 2004

  Mr. BRADY of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I regret that I missed roll call 
votes 422 and 423 on September 7, 2004 and rollcall vote 424 on 
September 8, 2004. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes'' on 
all three votes--rollcall vote 422, H.R. 4381, the Harvey and Bernice 
Jones Post Office Building Designation Act; roll call vote 423, H.R. 
4556, the General William Carey Lee Post Office Building Designation 
Act; and roll call 424, on ordering the previous question for H. Res. 
754, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5006) making 
appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.
  Additionally, I would like to voice my support for H.R. 5005, making 
emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2004, for additional disaster assistance. The House of 
Representatives passed this important legislation last night. Without 
this action, FEMA would have run out of money and not been able to help 
those in need.
  Mr. Speaker, all of our thoughts and prayers go out to the families 
in Florida and elsewhere along the East Coast as they recover from 
Hurricanes Charley, Frances and Gaston and Tropical Storm Bonnie. H.R. 
5005 will provide FEMA with an additional $2 billion to ensure that 
they can continue providing without interruption the much needed 
support and assistance to the victims of these storms.

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