[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 74 (Thursday, May 20, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1039-E1040]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                          HON. XAVIER BECERRA

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 20, 1999

  Mr. BECERRA. Mr. Speaker, on May 13, 1999, I was unavoidably detained 
during a rollcall vote: number 129, on the Sanders of Vermont 
amendment, as amended, to H.R. 1555, Intelligence Authorization. Had I 
been present for the vote, I would have voted ``no.''

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