[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8526]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, I regret that I could not be 
present today, Wednesday, May 17, 2006 and Thursday, May 18, 2006 to 
vote on rollcall vote Nos. 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 
156, 157, 158, and 159 due to a family medical emergency.
  Had I been present, I would have voted: ``Yea'' on rollcall vote No. 
147 on an amendment to H.R. 4200 to strike all exemptions and waivers 
of the National Historic Preservation Act, the Clean Water Act, the 
Endangered Species Act, and the National Environmental Policy Act;
  ``Yea'' on rollcall vote No. 148 on an amendment to H.R. 4200 to 
allow emergency procedures authorized in the bill to be used on lands 
managed for timber production;
  ``Yea'' on rollcall vote No. 149 on an amendment to H.R. 4200 to 
stipulate that the bill would not apply to any areas in the National 
Forest System that are designated as roadless areas;
  ``Yea'' on rollcall vote No. 150 on an amendment to H.R. 4200 to 
direct the Interior Department and the Agriculture Department to 
consider the impact of any pre-approved management practice, forest 
recovery or research project on the risk of fire and on forest 
regeneration;
  ``No'' on rollcall vote No. 151 on passage of H.R. 4200--the Forest 
Emergency Recovery and Research Act;
  ``No'' on rollcall vote No. 152 on passage of H. Res. 815--the rule 
providing martial law consideration for H. Con. Res. 376--Fiscal Year 
2007 Budget Resolution;
  ``No'' on rollcall vote No. 153 on calling the previous question on 
H. Res. 815--the rule providing martial law consideration for H. Con. 
Res. 376--Fiscal Year 2007 Budget Resolution;
  ``No'' on rollcall vote No. 154 on passage of H. Res. 817--the rule 
providing for consideration for H. Con. Res. 376--Fiscal Year 2007 
Budget Resolution;
  ``Yea'' on rollcall vote No. 155 on an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute to H. Con. Res. 376 offered by Representative Watt;
  ``No'' on rollcall vote No. 156 on an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute to H. Con. Res. 376 offered by Representative Hensarling;
  ``Yea'' on rollcall vote No. 157 on an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute to H. Con. Res. 376 offered by Representative Spratt;
  ``No'' on rollcall vote No. 158 on passage of H. Con. Res. 376--
Fiscal Year 2007 Budget Resolution;
  ``Yea'' on rollcall vote No. 159 on passage H. Res. 740--Calling on 
the Government of the United Kingdom to immediately establish a full, 
independent, public judicial inquiry into the murder of Northern 
Ireland defense attorney Pat Finucane, as recommended by international 
Judge Peter Cory as part of the Weston Park agreement and a way forward 
for the Northern Ireland Peace.

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