[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 75 (Wednesday, June 4, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1120]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                   HON. CHARLES W. ``CHIP'' PICKERING

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 4, 1997

  Mr. PICKERING. Mr. Speaker, I was unable to return to Washington, DC 
today due to a death in my family and missed the following votes:
  Rollcall vote No. 157, ordering the previous question to H. Res. 159. 
Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.''
  Rollcall vote No. 158, passage of the rule on H. Res. 159. Had I been 
present, I would have voted ``aye.''
  Rollcall vote No. 159, the Skaggs amendment (No. 45) as amended by 
Mr. Diaz-Balart to H.R. 1486, to continue funding for TV Marti 
broadcasts to Cuba. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.''
  Rollcall vote No. 160, the Hamilton amendment (No. 65) to H.R. 1486, 
to authorize the President to implement, in the most efficient and 
effective manner possible, the President's proposal to consolidate and 
reinvent the foreign affairs agencies of the U.S. Government. Had I 
been present, I would have voted ``aye.''
  Rollcall vote No. 161, the Bachus amendment (No. 40) to H.R. 1486, to 
require the State Department to report to Congress by March 1 of each 
year a listing of overseas U.S. surplus properties for sale and require 
the amounts received from such sales to be used for deficit reduction. 
Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.''
  Rollcall vote No. 162, the Goss amendment (No. 108) to H.R. 1486, to 
strike bill provisions which establish new responsibilities for the 
Office of the Inspector General at the State Department. Had I been 
present, I would have voted ``aye.''
  Rollcall vote No. 163, the Paul amendment (No. 47) to H.R. 1486, to 
add new provisions to the bill which repeal the United Nations 
Headquarters Agreement Act, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, 
and Cultural Organizations Act, and the United Nations Environmental 
Protection Act of 1973. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.''
  Rollcall vote No. 164, the Stearns amendment (No. 6) to H.R. 1486, to 
allow Congress, instead of the Secretary of State, to decide to 
withhold 20 percent of the funds appropriated to the United Nations. 
Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.''

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