[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 89 (Friday, May 26, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S7610]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         EXPLANATION OF ABSENCE

  Mr. FORD. Mr. President, the Senator from Wisconsin [Mr. Feingold] 
has asked me to inform his colleagues that he is necessarily absent 
today in order to attend the funeral of former Secretary of Defense, 
Les Aspin, who represented the State of Wisconsin for 22 years. The 
funeral is taking place today in the Gesu Chapel at Marquette 
University where Secretary Aspin taught before his election to 
Congress. Some 20 current and former Members of the House and Senate 
are expected to attend the services along with Vice President Gore.


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