[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9101]
[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, 
Tuesday, May 10, 2005, to vote on rollcall vote Nos. 162 and 163 due to 
a family medical emergency.
  Had I been present, I would have voted: ``Yea'' on rollcall vote No. 
162 on H. Res. 193--expressing support to the organizers and 
participants of the historic meeting of the Assembly to Promote the 
Civil Society in Cuba on May 20, 2005, in Havana; ``yea'' on rollcall 
vote No. 163 on H. Res. 142--supporting the goals and ideals of a 
``Rotary International Day'' and celebrating and honoring Rotary 
International on the occasion of its centennial anniversary.

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