[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 108 (Monday, July 28, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1535]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                         HON. MICHAEL P. FORBES

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 28, 1997

  Mr. FORBES. Mr. Speaker, on Thursday, July 17, 1997, I appreciated 
being granted an excused absence due to a serious illness in my family. 
Due to that absence, I missed several rollcall votes.
  Had I not been unavoidably absent on June 11, I would have voted in 
the following manner pertaining to H.R. 2160, the Agriculture 
Appropriations Act: ``Aye'' on rollcall vote No. 285, a motion for the 
Committee to rise; ``no'' on rollcall vote No. 284, a motion for the 
Committee to rise; ``no'' on rollcall vote No. 283, a motion for the 
Committee to rise; ``aye'' on rollcall vote No. 282, a motion to table 
the motion to reconsider the vote; ``aye'' on rollcall vote No. 281, a 
motion to resolve into Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 
Union.

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