[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12240]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                        HON. HENRY E. BROWN, JR.

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 20, 2006

  Mr. BROWN of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I am writing to notify you 
that I was absent on the evening of June 19, 2006 for votes. The reason 
for my absence was that the flight from Charleston, SC, was delayed due 
to a severe storm over the Washington, DC, area. I had no control over 
this issue and I did not arrive into Washington DC until late in the 
evening of June 19, 2006.
  Regarding the votes that I missed, please see below for the way that 
I would have voted had I been present:
  Vote No. 288--Declaring that the United States will prevail in the 
Global War on Terror, the struggle to protect freedom from the 
terrorist adversary--``aye'';
  Vote No. 289--To designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 217 Southeast 2nd Street in Dimmitt, Texas, as the 
Sergeant Jacob Dan Dones Post Office--``aye'';
  Vote No. 290--To designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 6029 Broadmoor Street in Mission, Kansas, as the 
Larry Winn, Jr. Post Office Building--``aye''; and
  Vote No. 291--Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives 
that a National Young Sports Week should be established--``aye.''

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