[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8725]
[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, 
Thursday, May 5, 2005, to vote on rollcall vote Nos. 159, 160, and 161 
due to a family medical emergency.
  Had I been present, I would have voted: ``No'' on rollcall No. 159 
ordering the previous question on H. Res. 258--Rule providing for 
consideration of H.R. 1268; ``Yea'' on rollcall No. 160 on the motion 
to recommit the Conference Report for H.R. 1268 to the conference 
committee with instructions; and, ``Yea'' on rollcall No. 161 on 
agreeing to the Conference Report for H.R. 1268--Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami 
Relief Act, 2005.

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