[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 5080]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                          HON. XAVIER BECERRA

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 15, 2005

  Mr. BECERRA. Mr. Speaker, on Monday, March 14, 2005, I was unable to 
cast my floor vote on rollcall Nos. 66, 67, and 68. The votes I missed 
include rollcall No. 66 on motion to suspend the rules and agree to H. 
Res. 135, providing for the establishment of a commission in the House 
of Representatives to assist parliaments in emerging democracies; 
rollcall No. 67 on the motion to suspend the rules and agree to H. Res. 
101, urging the European Union to add Hezbollah to the European Union's 
wide-ranging list of terrorist organizations; and on the motion to 
suspend the rules and agree to S. 384, to extend the existence of the 
Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records Interagency 
Working Group for two years.
  Had I been present for the votes, I would have voted ``aye'' on 
rollcall votes 66, 67, and 68.

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