[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 11531-11532]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                          HON. ELTON GALLEGLY

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 15, 2006

  Mr.  GALLEGLY. Mr. Speaker, I was unable to vote on the following 
bills on June 12, 2006:
  H. Res. 794, Recognizing the 17th anniversary of the massacre in 
Tiananmen Square, Beijing, in the People's Republic of China, and for 
other purposes (Rollcall No. 251): Had I been present, I would have 
voted ``aye.''
  H. Res. 804, Condemning the unauthorized, inappropriate, and coerced 
ordination of Catholic bishops by the People's Republic of

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China (Rollcall No. 252): Had I been present, I would have voted 
``aye.''
  H. Res. 608, Condemning the escalating levels of religious 
persecution in the People's Republic of China (Rollcall No. 253). Had I 
been present, I would have voted ``aye.''
  H. Con. Res. 338, Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the 
activities of Islamist terrorist organizations in the Western 
Hemisphere (Rollcall No. 254). Had I been present, I would have voted 
``aye.''
  And finally, Mr. Speaker, had I been present, I would have voted 
``aye'' with regard to Ordering the Previous Question on H. Res. 857, 
waiving points of order against consideration of the conference report 
to accompany the bill (H.R. 4939) making emergency supplemental 
appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006 (Rollcall 
No. 255).

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