[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 10977-10978]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. ROB PORTMAN

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 20, 2004

  Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably detained during the 
recorded votes on Rollcall Vote No. 196, the Goode Amendment, and 
Rollcall Vote No. 197, the Davis (CA) Amendment. Had I been present, I 
would have voted ``aye'' on the Goode Amendment and ``no'' on the Davis 
Amendment.

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