[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25326]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. GUTKNECHT. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably absent from early 
afternoon votes in the U.S. House of Representatives on Nov. 8, 2005 
due to an important meeting I had with the New Zealand Ambassador in 
St. Paul, Minnesota. During this meeting, the Ambassador and I 
discussed agricultural trade issues.
  Had I been present in the U.S. House of Representatives, I would have 
voted ``aye'' on the following bills:
  Motion to Table the Appeal of the Ruling of the Chair on Motion to 
Instruct Conferees; H. Res. 38; H. Res. 302; H.R. 3770.

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