[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 14257-14258]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                             HON. RON LEWIS

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 23, 2005

  Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I was absent from the House on 
Monday, June 20,

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2005 so that I could testify before the BRAC Commission regional 
hearing in St. Louis, MO, on behalf of Ft. Knox, an Army instillation 
in my district designated for significant realignment. Had I been 
present, I would have voted the following way:
  House amendment 328, claiming religious proselytizing at the Air 
Force Academy, ``no.''
  House amendment 330, prohibiting funds for activities in Uzbekistan, 
``no.''
  House amendment 331, prohibiting military action against Syria, Iran, 
N. Korea without Congress authority, ``no.''
  House amendment 333, prohibiting funds for carrying out sections of 
the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program Act, ``no.''
  H.R. 2863, on final passage of the Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act of 2006, ``yea.''

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