[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 24224]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. McDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, I missed votes on October 28, 2005. Had I 
been able to, I would have voted: ``nay'' on H.R. 2744 (rollcall vote 
No. 555); ``yea'' on H. Res. 523 (rollcall vote No. 556).

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