[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 15]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 21301]
[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

                        Tuesday, October 5, 2004

  Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. Speaker, yesterday I was absent attending to a 
previously scheduled commitment and missed the votes on rollcall Vote 
No. 487, on S. Con. Res. 76, Recognizing November 2, 2003 as ``A 
Tribute to Survivors'' at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; 
rollcall Vote No. 488, on S. 1814, to Transfer Federal Lands Between 
the Secretary of Agriculture and Secretary of the Interior; and 
rollcall Vote No. 489, on H. Res. 567, Congratulating the American 
Dental Association for sponsoring the second annual ``Give Kids a 
Smile'' program.
  Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall Vote No. 
487, ``yea'' on rollcall Vote No. 488; and ``yea'' on rollcall Vote No. 
489.

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