[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 104 (Tuesday, July 22, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H5545]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably detained 
in my home State of Rhode Island today and missed the following votes:
  On rollcall No. 286, the Mink amendment to H.R. 1853 Vocational-
Technical Education Act, I would have voted ``yea''; on rollcall No. 
287, the Kennedy of Massachusetts amendment, I would have voted 
``yea''; on rollcall No. 288, Mrs. Mink's motion to recommit H.R. 1853 
with instructions, I would have voted ``yea''; on rollcall No. 289, 
final passage on H.R. 1853, I would have voted ``yea''; and on rollcall 
No. 290, H.R. 765 the Shakelford Banks Wild Horses Protection Act, I 
would have voted ``yea.''

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