[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 23, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E259]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                        HON. HERBERT H. BATEMAN

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 23, 1999

  Mr. BATEMAN. Mr. Speaker, along with two of my colleagues, I attended 
the funeral of former governor Mills Godwin of Virginia on Tuesday, 
February 2, 1999. As a result, I was absent for two recorded votes. 
Both votes were under suspension of the rules.
  Had I been present, I would have voted as follows:
  H.R. 68, Vote No. 7, ``yea.''
  H.R. 432, Vote No. 8, ``yea.''

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