[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7997]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. Speaker, earlier today, I was absent attending a 
meeting at the White House and missed the recorded votes on rollcall 
No. 136, on H.R. 902, the Presidential One Dollar Coin Act; rollcall 
No. 137, on H. Con. Res. 81, Expressing the sense of Congress regarding 
human rights in Cuba; rollcall No. 138, on Ordering the Previous 
Question on H. Res. 235, the rule for H. Res. 22, Expressing the sense 
of Congress regarding a Small Business Bill of Rights; and rollcall No. 
139, on Ordering the Previous Question on H. Res. 236, the rule for 
H.R. 748, the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act.
  Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 136; 
``yea'' on rollcall No. 137; ``yea'' rollcall No. 138; and ``yea'' on 
rollcall No. 139.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Fossella). The question is on the 
resolution.
  The resolution was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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