[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 15]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 20032]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. GENE GREEN

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 28, 2004

  Mr. GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, on Thursday evening, September 23, 
2004, I was unable to be present for the final three votes of the day, 
rollcall votes No. 470, No. 471, and No. 472, because I returned to my 
Congressional District in order to assist my constituents with the 
potential impact of Tropical Storm Ivan's imminent landfall on the 
Southeast Texas Coast.
  On rollcall vote No. 470, to Order the Previous Question, I would 
have voted ``no,'' so that we could fix the underlying bill (H.R. 1308) 
to pay for the tax cuts and avoid increasing the deficit. In addition, 
the bill should fix the combat pay problem for military families that 
denies the child tax credit and the earned income tax credit.
  On rollcall vote No. 471, on H. Res. 794, the rule waiving points of 
order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 1308), 
I would have voted ``no,'' due to the increase in the deficit and the 
failure of the bill to address military families.
  On rollcall vote No. 472, on the conference report accompanying H.R. 
1308, I would have voted ``yea,'' because the legislation does provide 
significant tax relief to middle class families and provides important 
tax incentives to businesses. However, these tax cuts should have been 
paid for, and military families should have been included.

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