[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 972]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                           HON. JIM McDERMOTT

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 26, 2005

  Mr. McDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, I apologize for missing votes on the 
evening of January 25, 2005. I was on my way back to the United States 
from Chad and Algeria, where I witnessed first-hand the results of the 
genocide occurring in Sudan. Had I been able to, I would have voted: 
``Yes'' on H. Con. Res. 16 (rollcall vote No. 8); ``yes'' on H. Res. 39 
(rollcall vote No. 9).

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