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“PERSONAL EXPLANATION” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Commerce was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E1340 on July 9, 2004.
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PERSONAL EXPLANATION
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HON. MICHAEL M. HONDA
of california
in the house of representatives
Friday, July 9, 2004
Mr. HONDA. Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday, July 6, Wednesday, July 7, and during the morning of Thursday, July 8, I was unavoidably detained due to official international election monitoring efforts I took part in and was not present for rollcall votes on those days.
Had I been present I would have voted the following:
Rollcall 326, recognizing the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, I would have voted ``yea'';
Rollcall 327, expressing the sense of Congress that the President should posthumously award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Harry W. Colmery, I would have voted, ``yea'';
Rollcall 328, on the Manzullo amendment, which would provide $79.1 million for the Small Business 7(a) loan program to finance more than
$13 billion in small business, I would have voted ``yea'';
Rollcall 329, on the Flake amendment, which would prohibit the use of funds to implement the Commerce Department's new restrictions on gift parcels to Cuba and the amount of personal baggage allowed for travelers to Cuba, I would have voted ``yea'';
Rollcall 330, on the Weiner amendment, which would increase COPS funding by $107 million and offsets that funding by cutting funding for the Census, I would have voted ``no'';
Rollcall 331, on the Hefley amendment eliminating funding ($174 million) for the re-engineered design process for the 2010 short-form only Census, I would have voted ``no'';
Rollcall 332, on the Kucinich amendment, expanding the membership of the President's ``Manufacturing Council'' to include representatives from unions and the steel industry, I would have voted ``yea'';
Rollcall 333, on the Paul amendment prohibiting funds to pay expenses for any U.S. contribution to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, I would have voted ``no'';
Rollcall 334, on the Farr amendment prohibiting funds from being used to prevent states from implementing state laws authorizing the use of medical marijuana I would have voted ``yea'';
Rollcall 335, on the Paul amendment prohibiting funds from being used to pay any U.S. contribution to the United Nations or any affiliated agency of the United Nations, I would have voted, ``no'';
Rollcall 336, on the rule providing for consideration of Legislative Branch Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2004, 1 would have voted,
``no'';
Rollcall 337, on the rule providing for consideration of the Manufacturing Technology Competitiveness Act of 2003 I would have voted, ``no''; and
Rollcall 338, on the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Act of 2004, I would have voted, ``yea.''
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