[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 11907]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. JOE WILSON

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 9, 2004

  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 228, 
``Condemning the crackdown on democracy protestors in Tiananmen Square, 
Beijing, in the People's Republic of China on the 15th anniversary of 
that tragic massacre,'' I regret that I was unavoidably detained and 
therefore unable to cast my vote. Had I been present, I would have 
voted ``aye.''

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