[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 13842]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. ROB SIMMONS

                             of connecticut

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 22, 2005

  Mr. SIMMONS. Mr. Speaker, I was regrettably delayed in my return to 
Washington, DC from an official visit to Kings Bay, Georgia and was 
unable to be on the House Floor for rollcall votes 274 to 282.
  Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall 274, an 
amendment offered by Mr. Royce; ``yea'' on rollcall 275, an amendment 
offered by Mr. Fortenberry; ``yea'' on rollcall 276, an amendment 
offered by Mr. Flake; ``yea'' on rollcall 277, an amendment offered by 
Mr. Chabot and Mr. Lantos; ``yea'' on rollcall 278, an amendment 
offered by Mr. Pence; ``nay'' on rollcall 279, an amendment offered by 
Mr. Gohmert; ``nay'' on rollcall 280, an amendment offered by Mr. 
Stearns; ``yea'' on rollcall 281, the Lantos/Shays substitute; and 
``yea'' on rollcall 282, final passage on H.R. 2745.

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