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“PERSONAL EXPLANATION” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Justice was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H10139 on Oct. 30, 2003.
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PERSONAL EXPLANATION
Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, due to a meeting within the Department of Justice, I unfortunately missed three recorded votes on the House floor earlier today.
I ask unanimous consent that my statement appear in the Record that had I not been unavoidably detained at this meeting, I would have voted
``yes'' on rollcall vote No. 580 (On Motion to Adjourn); ``yes'' on rollcall vote No. 581 (On Approving the Journal); and ``yes'' on rollcall vote No. 582 (On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree on H. Con. Res. 291, expressing deep gratitude for the valor and commitment of the members of the United States Armed Forces who were deployed in Operation Restore Hope to provide humanitarian assistance to the people of Somalia in 1993.
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