[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14376]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. OXLEY. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably absent from the House floor 
during rollcall votes on H. Res. 199 (Expressing the sense of the 
United States House of Representatives regarding the massacre at 
Srebrenica in July 1995) and H. Con. Res. 155 (Urging the Government of 
the Republic of Albania to ensure that the parliamentary elections to 
be held July 3, 2005, are conducted in accordance with international 
standards for free and fair elections). I was giving a presentation on 
the 179th Airlift Wing of the Ohio National Guard in Mansfield, OH at 
the Base Realignment and Closure Commission hearing in Buffalo, New 
York. Had I been present for the votes I would have voted ``yea'' for 
both measures.

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