[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 10913]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. JIM GERLACH

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 23, 2005

  Mr. GERLACH. Mr. Speaker, on May 19, 2005, during consideration of 
H.R. 2361, I was absent during rollcall No. 196. Unfortunately, the 
vote occurred earlier in the evening than was expected and I was unable 
to make it to the floor in time to vote. Had I been present, I would 
have voted ``yea'' for the Rahall-Whitfield amendment.

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