[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 15871]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                           HON. STEVE ISRAEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 25, 2006

  Mr. ISRAEL. Mr. Speaker, on July 19, 2006, I mistakenly voted ``no'' 
on rollcall No. 384. I intended to vote in support of Mr. Watt's 
amendment to preserve the authority of the United States Supreme Court 
to hear or decide any question pertaining to the interpretation of, or 
the validity under the Constitution of, the Pledge of Allegiance, as 
defined in 4 U.S.C. section 4, or its recitation.

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