[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 3]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 3563]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                        HON. CHARLES A. GONZALEZ

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 14, 2006

  Mr. GONZALEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise to offer a personal explanation of 
the reason I missed rollcall votes 19 through 38. Due to an emergency 
appendectomy I was unable to be present for votes the week of March 
6th. I respectfully request that it be entered into the Congressional 
Record that if present, I would have voted on rollcall 19 (H.R. 4054 
Designating the Dewey Bartlett Post Office), ``aye''; rollcall 20 (S. 
2771--Reauthorization of the Patriot Act), ``no''; rollcall 21 
(Previous Question to H.R. Res 710 Providing for Consideration of the 
Food Uniformity Bill), ``no''; rollcall 22 (Motion to Instruct 
Conferees to H.R. 2830), ``aye''; rollcall 23 (H.R. 4192 designating 
Hope Arkansas as the President Clinton Birthplace), ``yea''; rollcall 
24 (H.R. 1053 Extending Normal Trade Relations to the Ukraine), 
``aye''; rollcall 25 (H. Res. 673 Expressing Support for the People of 
Belarus to Establish a Full Democracy), ``aye''; rollcall 26 (H.R. 3505 
to Provide Regulatory Relief for Insured Depository Institutions), `` 
aye''; rollcall 27 (Cardoza Amendment to H.R. 4167--To Amend the 
Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to Provide for Uniform Food Safety 
Warnings), ``aye''; rollcall 28 (Waxman Amendment to H.R. 4167), 
``aye'; rollcall 29 (Capps Amendment to H.R. 4167), ``aye''; rollcall 
30 (Wasserman Shultz Amendment to H.R. 4167), ``aye''; rollcall 31 
(Stupak Motion to Recommit to H.R. 4167), ``aye''; rollcall 32 (Final 
Passage of H.R. 4167), ``no''; rollcall 33 (Previous Question of H.R. 
2829 Reauthorize the National Drug Control Policy Act), ``no''; 
rollcall 34 (Chabot Amendment to H.R. 2829), ``aye''; rollcall 35 
(Hooley Amendment to H.R. 2829), ``aye''; rollcall 36 (Paul Amendment 
to H.R. 2829), ``no''; rollcall 37 (Rehberg Amendment to H.R. 2829), 
``aye''; rollcall 38 (Final Passage of H.R. 2829), ``aye''.

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