[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 3]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 2982]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. CHRIS BELL

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 1, 2004

  Mr. BELL. Mr. Speaker, due to critical official business in the 25th 
Congressional District of Texas I was unable to record my votes 
Thursday, February 26, 2004. Had I been present, I would have voted 
``yea'' on Rollcall Vote No. 30, the Lofgren substitute amendment to 
H.R. 1997, and I would have voted ``nay'' on Rollcall Vote No. 31, the 
final passage of H.R. 1997.

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