[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 129 (Thursday, September 24, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H8558]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Speaker, I was absent on rollcall 453, the 
LaHood motion to table H. Res. 545, impeaching Kenneth Starr; rollcall 
454, H. Res. 144, expressing support for the Bicentennial of the Lewis 
and Clark Expedition; rollcall 455, H. Res. 505, expressing the sense 
of the House with respect to Diplomatic Relations with Pacific Island 
Nations; rollcall 456, H. Con. Res. 315, Condemning Atrocities by 
Serbian Police against Albanians; and rollcall 457, the Conference 
Report to accompany H.R. 4112, the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
for FY 99, due to official business. Had I been present, I would have 
voted ``Aye'' on all of these votes.

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