[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 143 (Wednesday, October 22, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H8964]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall vote No. 518, the Boehlert 
substitute, I was, believe it or not, in the Capitol chapel and missed 
my first vote since I became a Member of this body in 1987. 
Unfortunately, the battery in my pager was dead, and I was unaware that 
there was a vote. I know, ``My dog ate it.'' Had I been present, I 
would have voted ``aye.''

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