[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 49 (Wednesday, April 23, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E730]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                          HON. NORMAN D. DICKS

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 23, 1997

  Mr. DICKS. Mr. Speaker, last Thursday, I was unavoidably absent for 
rollcall vote No. 85, an amendment in the nature of a substitute to 
H.R. 400, the Twenty-First Century Patent Improvement Act. If I had 
been present I would have voted ``no.''

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