[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 8324]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                         HON. ALCEE L. HASTINGS

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                          Tuesday, May 4, 2004

  Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, while attending meetings of the 
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's Parliamentary 
Assembly and fulfilling my official duties as a Vice President of the 
Parliamentary Assembly, I missed votes on April 20 through April 22. 
Additionally, while representing the U.S. Helsinki Commission at the 
OSCE Conference on Anti-Semitism; I missed votes on April 27 and 28. 
Had I been present, I would have voted the following way:
  Rollcall 118: ``aye''; rollcall 119: ``aye''; rollcall 120: ``aye''; 
rollcall 121: ``aye''; rollcall 122: ``aye''; rollcall 123: ``aye''; 
rollcall 124: ``aye''; rollcall 125: ``aye''; rollcall 126: ``no''; 
rollcall 127: ``no''; rollcall 128: ``aye''; rollcall 129: ``aye''; 
rollcall 130: ``no''; rollcall 131: ``aye''; rollcall 132: ``aye''; 
rollcall 133: ``aye''; rollcall 134: ``aye''; rollcall 135: ``aye''; 
rollcall 136: ``aye''; rollcall 137: ``aye''; rollcall 138: ``no.''

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