[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 59 (Thursday, March 30, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E746]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                         HON. PETER A. DeFAZIO

                               of oregon

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 30, 1995
  Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, on March 9, I was having dinner at a nearby 
restaurant with the Oregon State labor commissioner and apparently my 
electronic beeper malfunctioned and I missed a recorded vote on the Cox 
amendment to H.R. 956 which would cap non-economic pain and suffering 
damages in health care liability cases at $250,000. If I had been 
present I would have voted ``no.''


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