[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 14]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 19397]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                         HON. LUIS V. GUTIERREZ

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 23, 2004

  Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Speaker, on September 13, 2004, and September 21, 
2004, I was unavoidably absent from this Chamber. I would like the 
Record to show that, had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on 
rollcall votes 441, 442, 443, 457, 458, 459, and 460.

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