[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 18230]
[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 22, 2005. The 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. 415--Velazquez No. 3 
amendment--``nay'' and vote No. 416--final passage of H.R. 3070--NASA 
Authorization Act of 2005--``aye.''

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