[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 18228]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                        HON. HENRY E. BROWN, JR.

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 27, 2005

  Mr. BROWN of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I am writing to notify you 
that I was absent July 20, 2005. They reason for my absence was that I 
had to have an emergency appendectomy at the Bethesda Naval Hospital.
  Regarding the votes that I missed please see below for the way that I 
would have voted had I been present: Vote No. 390--King (IA) No. 46 
Amendment--``aye'', Vote No. 391--Kucinich Amendment--``nay'', Vote No. 
392--Lantos Amendment--``aye'', Vote No. 393--Rogers (MI) Amendment--
``aye'', Vote No. 394--Watson No. 38 Amendment--``aye'', Vote No. 395--
Berkley/Crowley Amendment--``aye'', Vote No. 396--Rohrabacher 
Amendment--``aye'', Vote No. 397--Ros-Lehtinen Amendment--``aye'', Vote 
No. 398--Democrat Motion to Recommit--``nay'', Vote No. 399--Final 
Passage of H.R. 2601--``aye'', Vote No. 400--Rolled Suspension Vote on 
H. Res. 326--``aye''.

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