[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 10 (Wednesday, February 11, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E138]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. DAN BURTON

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 11, 1998

  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, on February 5, 1998, I was 
unavoidably detained, therefore, missing roll call votes 8-10. Had I 
been here I would have voted Yea on roll call vote 8 (H. Res. 348) 
providing for the consideration of H.R. 2846; Yea on roll call vote 9 
(H.R. 2846) prohibiting spending Federal education funds on national 
testing without explicit and specific legislation; and Yea on roll call 
10 (H.R. 2631) disapproving the cancellations transmitted by the 
President on October 6, 1997, regarding Public Law 105-45.

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