[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 21]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 29419-29420]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                        HON. J. GRESHAM BARRETT

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                      Saturday, December 17, 2005

  Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, on December 16, 2005, I 
was absent from several votes for personal reasons. Had I been present 
I would have voted: Rollcall vote No. 642 (Motion to close portions of 
the Defense Authorization Conference to the Press and Public when 
matters of National Security are under consideration): ``Aye''; 
Rollcall vote No. 643 (Rolled Vote on Skelton Motion to Instruct 
Conferees on H.R. 1815): ``No''; Rollcall vote No. 644 (Previous 
Question on Rule for H. Res. 612): ``Aye''; Rollcall vote No. 645 
(Adoption of Rule for H. Res. 612): ``Aye''; Rollcall vote No. 646 
(Adoption of Rule for H.R. 4437): ``Aye''; Rollcall vote No. 647 
(Rolled Suspension Vote on H. Con. Res. 294): ``Aye''; Rollcall vote 
No. 648 (Final Passage of H. Res. 612): ``Aye''; Rollcall vote No. 649 
(Rolled Suspension Vote on H. Res. 409): ``Aye''; Rollcall vote No. 650 
(Rolled Suspension Vote on H. Res. 575): ``Aye''; Rollcall vote No. 651 
(Rolled Suspension Vote on H. Res. 534): ``Aye''; Rollcall vote No. 652 
(Spratt Motion to Instruct Conferees on H.R. 4241): ``No''; Rollcall 
vote No. 653 (Goodlatte/Herseth Amendment to H.R. 4437): ``Aye''; 
Rollcall vote No. 654 (Stearns Amendment to H.R. 4437): ``Aye''; 
Rollcall vote No. 655 (Sensenbrenner Amendment to H.R. 4437): ``No''; 
Rollcall vote No. 656 (Norwood Amendment to

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H.R. 4437): ``Aye''; Rollcall vote No. 657 (Westmoreland Amendment to 
H.R. 4437): ``Aye''; Rollcall vote No. 658 (Gonzalez Amendment to H.R. 
4437): ``No''; Rollcall vote No. 659 (Sullivan Amendment to H.R. 4437): 
``Aye''; Rollcall vote No. 660 (Motion to Recommit with Instructions): 
``No''; Rollcall vote No. 661 (Final Passage of H.R. 4437): ``Aye''; 
and Rollcall vote No. 662 (Rolled Suspension Vote on H. Res. 598): 
``Aye''.

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