[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 9344]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                          HON. BETTY McCOLLUM

                              of minnesota

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 12, 2004

  Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, due to an event in my Congressional 
District I was unable to vote on the following two bills:
  Rollcall vote No. 151--H. Con. Res. 326, expressing the sense of 
Congress regarding the arbitrary detention of Dr. Wang Bingzhang by the 
Government of the People's Republic of China and urging his immediate 
release; and Rollcall vote No. 152--H. Con. Res. 398, expressing the 
concern of Congress over Iran's development of the means to produce 
nuclear weapons.
  I support each of these resolutions and would have voted ``Yea'' for 
both had I been present. I ask unanimous consent that my statement be 
inserted into the Record at the appropriate place.

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