[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 5746]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                           HON. BOB ETHERIDGE

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 30, 2004

  Mr. ETHERIDGE. Mr. Speaker, yesterday my original flight from my 
congressional district in North Carolina was canceled, forcing me to 
take a later flight. Therefore I was unavoidably detained and missed 
the following three votes: passage of H.R. 2584; passage of H.R. 3723; 
and passage of H.R. 3917.
  Had I been present, I would have voted ``Yes'' on each of these 
rollcall votes. I ask unanimous consent that this statement be recorded 
in the appropriate place in the Congressional Record.

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