[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 73 (Tuesday, June 9, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1066]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                          HON. CASS BALLENGER

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 9, 1998

  Mr. BALLENGER. Mr. Speaker, had I been present for rollcall vote 208 
(the Neumann amendment in the nature of a substitute or the so-called 
Conservative Action Team ``CATs'' budget) and rollcall vote 210 (the 
Republican budget resolution or the Kasich budget) last week, I would 
have voted in favor of these measures. On the Spratt substitute, 
rollcall vote 209, I would have voted ``no.'' I regret that I was 
unable to be in Washington, D.C., when the House cast these important 
budget votes.

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