[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 8373]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. BARBARA LEE

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 28, 2005

  Ms. LEE. Mr. Speaker, on April 27, 2005, in order to attend to a 
family matter, I was unable to vote on rollcall no. 145. Had I been 
present, I would have voted ``aye'' on H. Res. 241, a resolution to 
reverse the harmful and inappropriate changes that were made to House 
ethics rules by H. Res. 5. I voted against H. Res. 5 which changed 
House ethics rules when it came to the Floor on January 4, 2005 and the 
overwhelming approval of H. Res. 241 only underscores that the changes 
in H. Res. 5 were overreaching by the majority party.

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