[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 22]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 30443]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                           HON. JO ANN DAVIS

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                      Saturday, December 17, 2005

  Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I was granted a leave of 
absence for December 16-17, 2005, due to a medical treatment. I would 
like to state for the record that had I been present, I would have 
voted the following:
  Rollcall 642: Motion to close portions of the Defense Authorization 
Conference to the Press and Public when matters of National Security 
are under consideration--Yea.
  Rollcall 643: Skelton Motion to Instruct Conferees on H.R. 1815--
National Defense Authorization Act for FY06--Yea.
  Rollcall 644: Previous Question on Rule for H. Res. 612--Yea--
Expressing the commitment of the House of Representatives to achieving 
victory in Iraq.
  Rollcall 645: Adoption of Rule for H. Res. 612--Yea--Expressing the 
commitment of the House of Representatives to achieving victory in 
Iraq.
  Rollcall 646: Adoption of Rule for H.R. 4437--Yea--Border Protection, 
Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005.
  Rollcall 647: H. Con. Res. 294--Yea--Calling on the international 
community to condemn the Laogai, the system of forced labor prison 
camps in the People's Republic of China, as a tool for suppression 
maintained by the Chinese Government.
  Rollcall 648: Final Passage of H. Res. 612--Yea--Expressing the 
commitment of the House of Representatives to achieving victory in 
Iraq.
  Rollcall 649: H. Res. 409--Yea--Condemning the Government of 
Zimbabwe's ``Operation Murarnbatsvina''.
  Rollcall 650: H. Res. 575--Yea--Providing that Hamas and other 
terrorist organizations should not participate in elections held by the 
Palestinian Authority.
  Rollcall 651: H. Res. 534--Yea--Recognizing the importance and 
credibility of an independent Iraqi judiciary in the formation of a new 
and democratic Iraq.
  Rollcall 652: Spratt Motion to Instruct Conferees on H.R. 4241--
Deficit Reduction Act of2005--NAY.
  Rollcall 653: Goodlatte/Herseth Amendment--Yea.
  Rollcall 654: Stearns Amendment--Yea.
  Rollcall 655: Sensenbrenner Amendment--Yea.
  Rollcall 656: Norwood Amendment--Yea.
  Rollcall 657: Westmoreland Amendment--Yea.
  Rollcall 658: Gonzalez Amendment--NAY.
  Rollcall 659: Sullivan Amendment--Yea.
  Rollcall 660: Democrat Motion to Recommit--NAY.
  Rollcall 661: Final Passage of H.R. 4437--Border Protection, 
Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005--Yea.
  Rollcall 662: H. Res. 598--Condemning actions by the Government of 
Syria that have hindered the investigation of the assassination of 
former Prime Minister of Lebanon Rafik Hariri conducted by the United 
Nations International Independent Investigation Commission--Yea.
  Rollcall 663: Adoption of the Rule providing for consideration of 
motions to suspend the rules--Yea.
  Rollcall 664: H.R. 2520--Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 
2005--Yea.

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