[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 15]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 21163-21164]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                          HON. MELISSA L. BEAN

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 22, 2005

  Ms. BEAN. Mr. Speaker, due to circumstances beyond my control, I was 
unable to vote on final passage of H.R. 250. Had I been present, I 
would have voted ``yea'' on final passage of H.R. 250, the 
Manufacturing Technology Competitiveness Act of 2005 (Rollcall Vote 
485).

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