[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 15347]
[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 30, 2005

  Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I was absent from the House on 
Monday, June 20, 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: 
H. AMDT. 328, Claiming religious proselytizing at the Air Force 
Academy, no; H. AMDT. 330, Prohibiting funds for activities in 
Uzbekistan, no; H. AMDT. 331, Prohibiting military action against 
Syria, Iran, N. Korea without Congress authority, no; H. AMDT. 333, 
Prohibiting funds for carrying out sections of the Small Business 
Competitiveness Demonstration Program Act, no; and H.R. 2863, On final 
passage of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2006, yea.

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