[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 86 (Friday, June 26, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1247]
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                    EXPLANATION OF VOTE ON H.R. 4103

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                          HON. PHILIP M. CRANE

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 25, 1998

  Mr. CRANE. Mr. Speaker, on the evening of Wednesday, June 24th, I was 
away from the Capitol complex and was not notified of an impending 
vote. As a result, I was unable to record my vote on rollcall No. 266. 
Had I been present, I would have voted for H.R. 4103, The Department of 
Defense Appropriation bill. Indeed, I must compliment my colleague Bill 
Young, Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on National 
Security, for his fine work on this legislation. There is no more 
important appropriations bill considered by Congress than the bill 
providing funding for the defense of our nation, and nobody takes his 
responsibility more seriously than Chairman Young. I look forward to 
Chairman Young bringing back a conference report mirroring the 
priorities in the House version of H.R. 4103, and, assuming that to be 
the case, I will proudly cast my vote in support of this legislation at 
that time.

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