[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 14641]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                         HON. MARK STEVEN KIRK

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 28, 2005

  Mr. KIRK. Mr. Speaker, on Monday, June 27, 2005, I missed the 
following votes: rollcall number 322, H. Res. 199, expressing the sense 
of the House of Representatives regarding the massacre at Srebrenica in 
July 1995; and rollcall number 323, H. Con. Res. 155, urging the 
Government of the Republic of Albania to ensure that the parliamentary 
elections to be held on July 3, 2005, are conducted in accordance with 
international standards for free and fair elections. Had I been 
present, I would have voted ``yea'' on both Rollcall number 322 and 
rollcall number 323.

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