[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 19]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 25473]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                         HON. MARK STEVEN KIRK

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 8, 2005

  Mr. KIRK. Mr. Speaker, on Monday November 7, 2005 I missed the 
following votes: rollcall No. 570: H. Con Res. 260, ``Recognizing the 
40th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council's Declaration on the 
Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions''; rollcall No. 571: 
H.R. 1973, ``Water for the Poor Act of 2005''; and rollcall No. 572: H. 
Res. 444, ``Gynecological Resolution for Advancement of Ovarian Cancer 
Education.'' Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall 
No. 570, rollcall No. 571, and rollcall No. 572.

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