[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 3]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 3517]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                          HON. ROBERT MENENDEZ

                             of new mexico

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 4, 2004

  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I regret that an International Relations 
Committee hearing on Haiti yesterday caused me to miss Rollcall vote 
38, on final passage of H.R. 1561, the United States Patent and 
Trademark Fee Modernization Act. Had I been present, I would have voted 
``yea'' on Rollcall vote 38.

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