[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 6371]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                             HON. RON LEWIS

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 13, 2005

  Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I was absent from the House on 
Tuesday, April 12, attending a funeral for a soldier in my district who 
died heroically last week in the effort to liberate Iraq. Had I been 
present, I would have voted the following way:
  H.R. 135: To establish the Twenty-First Century Water Commission to 
study and develop recommendations for a comprehensive water strategy to 
address future water needs, ``yea.''
  H.R. 541: To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain 
land to Lander County, NV, and the Secretary of the Interior to convey 
certain land to Eureka County, NV, for continued use as cemeteries, 
``yea.''

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