[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 23514]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                          HON. ROBERT MENENDEZ

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                       Saturday, October 9, 2004

  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I was absent from votes in the House late 
in the afternoon on Thursday, September 30, due to an unavoidable 
commitment, and for the first two votes on Monday, October 4, due to 
mechanical problems on the plane from Newark International Airport. Had 
I been present, I would have voted the following way: On rollcall vote 
484, H.J. Res. 106, an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States relating to marriage, ``no''; on rollcall vote 485, H. Con. Res. 
501, honoring the life and work of Duke Ellington, ``aye''; on rollcall 
vote 486, H. Res. 792, honoring the United Negro College Fund on the 
occasion of the Fund's 60th anniversary, ``aye''; on rollcall vote 487, 
S. Con. Res. 76, recognizing that November 2, 2004, shall be dedicated 
to ``A Tribute to Survivors'' at the United States Holocaust Memorial 
Museum, ``aye''; and on rollcall vote 488, S. 1814, the Mingo Job Corps 
Civilian Conservation Center legislation, ``aye.''

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