[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 140 (Thursday, October 8, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H10130]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. ABERCROMBIE. Mr. Speaker, earlier this afternoon, when the House 
voted on a motion to adjourn, I was unavoidably detained. I was 
conducting a satellite teleconference with the Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of the Treasury to constituents in Honolulu discussing the 
financial crisis in East Asia and the International Monetary Fund. Had 
I been present, I would have voted no.

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