[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8611]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, I would like to submit this 
statement for the Record and regret that I could not be present today, 
Wednesday May 4, 2005 to vote on rollcall vote Nos. 153, 154, 155, 156, 
157 and 158 due to a family medical emergency.
  Had I been present, I would have voted:
  ``Yea'' on rollcall vote No. 153 on the motion to recommit H.R. 366 
to the Committee on Education and the Workforce;
  ``Yea'' on rollcall vote No. 154 on final passage of H.R. 366--The 
Vocational and Technical Education for the Future Act;
  ``Yea'' on rollcall vote No. 155 on H. Con. Res. 127--Calling on the 
Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to transfer Charles 
Ghankay Taylor, former President of the Republic of Liberia, to the 
Special Court for Sierra Leone to be tried for war crimes, crimes 
against humanity, and other serious violations of international 
humanitarian law;
  ``Yea'' on rollcall vote No. 156 on H. Res. 195--Recognizing the 60th 
anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day and the Liberation of Western 
Bohemia;
  ``Yea'' on rollcall vote No. 157 on H.R. 1185--Federal Deposit 
Insurance Reform Act; and,
  ``Yea'' on rollcall vote No. 158 on H. Res. 233--Recognizing the 60th 
anniversary of Victory in Europe (V-E) Day during World War II.

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