[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 154 (Thursday, November 6, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H10139]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. Speaker, because I was in Houston attending the 
dedication of the George Bush Library, I was absent for rollcall votes 
585, 586, 587, 588, 589, 590, 591, 592, 593, 594, 595, 596, and 597.
  Had I been in attendance, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall 
votes 587, 588, 589, 590, 592, 593, 595, 596, and ``nay'' on 585, 586, 
591, 594, and 597.

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