[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 16]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 21626]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                           HON. JIM McDERMOTT

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 28, 2005

  Mr. McDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, I missed votes on September 27, 2005. Had 
I been able to, I would have voted ``yea'' on H.J. Res. 66 (Rollcall 
vote 494); ``yea'' on H.R. 438 (Rollcall vote 495) and ``yea'' on H. 
Con. Res. 209 (Rollcall vote 496).

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