[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10382]
[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 19, 2005 to vote on rollcall votes Nos. 190, 191, 192, 
193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198 and 199 due to family medical emergency.
  Had I been present, I would have voted: ``no'' on rollcall vote No. 
190 on calling the previous question on H. Res. 287--The rule providing 
for consideration of H.R. 2361--Department of the Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 
2006; ``no'' on rollcall vote No. 191 on an amendment to H.R. 2361 to 
increase funding for Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) by $4,800,000 and 
to reduce funding to the National Endowment for the Arts; ``no'' on 
rollcall vote No. 192 on amendments en bloc to H.R. 2361 to insert 
``oil'' after ``offshore'' on page 53, line 12 strike ``and natural 
gas'' on page 53, line 20 and to strike ``and natural gas'' on page 54 
line 3; ``no'' on rollcall vote No. 193 on an amendment to H.R. 2361 to 
reduce funding for the Environmental Protection Agency--Science and 
Technology by $130 million and to increase funding for the 
Environmental Protection Agency--Hazardous Substance Superfund by $130 
million; ``yea'' on rollcall vote No. 194 on an amendment to H.R. 2361 
to increase funding in the Clean Water State Revolving Fund by $100 
million; ``no'' on rollcall vote No. 195 on an amendment to H.R. 2361 
to increase funding for Wildland Management by $27,500,000, to increase 
funding for hazardous fuels reduction activities and to reduce funding 
for the National Endowment for the Arts--Grants and Administration by 
$30 million; ``yea'' on rollcall vote No. 196 on an amendment to H.R. 
2361 to prohibit the use of funds from being made available for the 
selling or slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros; ``no'' on 
rollcall vote No. 197 on an amendment to H.R. 2361 to reduce total 
appropriations in the bill by $261,591,250; ``yea'' on rollcall vote 
No. 198 on the motion to recommit H.R. 2361 to the Appropriations 
Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies; and ``no'' 
on rollcall vote No. 199 on passage of H.R. 2361--Department of the 
Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for 
Fiscal Year 2006.

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