[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 15915]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                           HON. TERRY EVERETT

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 13, 2005

  Mr. EVERETT. Mr. Speaker, on June 30th, I met with Governor Bob Riley 
and attended the Base Realignment and Closure Commission Regional 
hearing in Atlanta, Georgia in support of Alabama's military 
installations. As a result, I was unable to vote on rollcall votes 345-
362. Had I been present, I would have voted as follows:
  Rollcall Vote 345: ``no.'' An amendment by Jim Davis to prohibit use 
of funds in the bill to enforce regulations preventing family travel to 
Cuba. Amendment failed.
  Rollcall Vote 346: ``no.'' An amendment by Barbara Lee to prohibit 
use of funds in the bill to enforce regulations preventing travel to 
Cuba by academic institutions. Amendment failed.
  Rollcall Vote 347: ``no.'' An amendment by Bernie Sanders to prohibit 
use of funds in the bill to provide for the competitive sourcing of 
flight service stations. Amendment passed.
  Rollcall Vote 348: ``no.'' An amendment by Charlie Rangel to prohibit 
the use of funds from being made available to implement, administer, or 
enforce the economic embargo of Cuba, except that the foregoing 
limitation does not apply to the administration of a tax or tariff. 
Amendment failed.
  Rollcall Vote 349: ``yes.'' An amendment by Mark Souder to prohibit 
the use of funds to enforce the DC gun ban. Amendment passed.
  Rollcall Vote 350: ``yes.'' An amendment by Scott Garrett to prohibit 
the use of funds to enforce the Supreme Court ruling about eminent 
domain. Amendment passed.
  Rollcall Vote 351: ``no.'' An amendment by Rosa DeLauro to prohibit 
use of funds in the bill to enter into any contract with an 
incorporated entity where such entity's sealed bid or competitive 
proposal shows that such entity is incorporated or chartered in 
Bermuda, Barbados, the Cayman Islands, Antigua, or Panama. Amendment 
failed.
  Rollcall Vote 352: ``yes.'' An amendment by Joel Hefley to reduce the 
overall level of spending by one percent. Amendment failed.
  Rollcall Vote 353: ``yes.'' An amendment by Carolyn Kilpatrick to 
prohibit the use of funds from being made available to recommend 
approval of the sale of Unocal Corporation to CNOOC Ltd. of China. 
Amendment passed.
  Rollcall Vote 354: ``no.'' An amendment by David Obey requiring 
testimony before Congressional committees and communication with 
Members of Congress, witnesses will give frank and complete answers to 
all questions. Amendment failed.
  Rollcall Vote 355: ``no.'' An amendment by Sherrod Brown to prohibit 
the use of funds from being used by the Council of Economic Advisers to 
produce an Economic Report of the President regarding the average cost 
of developing and introducing a new prescription drug to the market at 
$800 million or more. Amendment failed.
  Rollcall Vote 356: ``no.'' An amendment by Nydia Velazquez to 
prohibit funds made available in the Act from being used by the General 
Services Administration to carry out the eTravel Service program. 
Amendment passed.
  Rollcall Vote 357: ``no'' An amendment by Chris Van Hollen to 
prohibit funds made available in the Act from being used to implement 
the revision of Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 made on 
May 29, 2003. Amendment passed.
  Rollcall Vote 358: ``yes.'' Final passage of the Transportation-
Treasury Appropriations bill.
  Procedural and Suspension Votes
  Rollcall Vote 359: ``yes.'' Previous question vote
  Rollcall Vote 360: ``yes.'' Suspension vote expressing the sense of 
the House that a Chinese state-owned energy company exercising control 
of critical United States energy infrastructure and energy production 
capacity could take action that would threaten to impair the national 
security of the United States.
  Rollcall Vote 361: ``yes.'' Suspension vote expressing the grave 
disapproval of the House of Representatives regarding the majority 
opinion of the Supreme Court in the case of Kelo et al. v. City of New 
London et al. that nullifies the protections afforded private property 
owners in the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment.
  Rollcall Vote 362: ``yes.'' Suspension vote providing supplemental 
funding for VA health care.

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