[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 19]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 25497]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. SAM GRAVES

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, December 6, 2004

  Mr. GRAVES. Mr. Speaker, on Saturday, November 20, 2004, I was 
unavoidably detained and thus missed rollcall votes Nos. 541 and 542. 
Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 541, 
H.R. 5382, the Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act; and ``yea'' on 
rollcall No. 542, H.R. 4818, the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, 
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2005.

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