[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 123 (Wednesday, September 16, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1732]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. TODD TIAHRT

                               of kansas

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 16, 1998

  Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, on September 14th, I was unavoidably 
detained and missed four recorded votes on the following bills: S. 
2206, The Community Opportunities, Accountability, and Training and 
Educational Services Act; H. Con. Res. 304, Expressing the Sense of 
Congress regarding the Culpability of Slobodan Milosevic for War 
Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, and Genocide in the Former Yugoslavia; 
H. Con. Res. 254, Calling on Cuba to Extradite to the United States 
Convicted Felon Joanne Chesimard and all other individuals who have 
fled the United States to avoid prosecution or confinement for criminal 
offenses and who are currently living freely in Cuba; and H. Con. Res. 
185, Expressing the Sense of Congress on the Occasion of the 50th 
Anniversary of the Signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 
and Recommitting the United States to the Principles Expressed in the 
Universal Declaration. Had I been present I would have voted yea on all 
four bills; roll call numbers 426-429.

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