[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E945]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                           HON. BRIAN HIGGINS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 24, 2006

  Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, I missed a rollcall vote yesterday evening, 
Tuesday, May 23, 2006.
  On roll No. 190 regarding the Flake Amendment No. 1, an amendment to 
the Agricultural, Rural Development, FDA and related agencies 
Appropriations Act, I would have voted ``no.''




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