[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16540]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. JIM GIBBONS

                               of nevada

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 19, 2005

  Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to explain how I would have 
voted on July 18, 2005 during rollcall vote No. 380, No. 381, and No. 
382 during the first session of the 109th Congress. The first vote was 
on Res. 328--recognizing the 25th anniversary of the workers' strikes 
in Poland in 1980 that led to the establishment of the Solidarity Trade 
Union, the second was H. Con. Res. 175--acknowledging African 
descendants of the transatlantic slave trade in all of the Americas, 
and the third was H. Res. 364--commending the continuing improvement in 
relations between the United States and the Republic of India.
  I respectfully request that it be entered into the Congressional 
Record that if present, I would have voted ``yes'' on these rollcall 
votes.

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