[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 18015]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. ROB PORTMAN

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 9, 2004

  Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, I was absent attending a 
previously scheduled commitment and missed the recorded vote on 
rollcall No. 428, on the amendment offered by Representative Hefley to 
H.R. 5006, the Fiscal Year 2005 Labor, Health and Human Services and 
Education Appropriations Act.
  Had I been present, I would have voted ``no'' on rollcall No. 428.

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