[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12033]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Ms. KILPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, personal reasons prevent me from being 
present for legislative business scheduled for today, Monday, June 14, 
2004. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on H.J. Res. 97, 
legislation renewing the import restrictions contained in the Burmese 
Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003 (rollcall No. 232); ``yea'' on H. 
Res. 669, a resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding the 
need to provide prostrate cancer patients with meaningful access to 
information on treatment options (rollcall No. 233); ``yea'' H.R. 4323, 
providing the Secretary of Defense with rapid acquisition authority in 
times of combat emergencies (rollcall No. 234); and ``yea'' on H. Res. 
653, a resolution honoring former President George Herbert Walker Bush 
on the occasion of his 80th birthday (rollcall No. 235).

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