[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 87 (Friday, June 18, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1342]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                           HON. DENNIS MOORE

                               of kansas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, June 18, 1999

  Mr. MOORE. Mr. Speaker, on June 14, 1999, due to a line of powerful, 
late afternoon thunderstorms that knocked out power to almost 40,000 
homes in northern Virginia and caused the closure of Reagan National 
Airport runways, the airplane on which I was traveling was diverted to 
Richmond, Virginia, for refueling. As a result, my arrival in 
Washington, D.C., was delayed by over two hours and I missed rollcall 
vote #204 on the Bond Price Competition Act. Had I been present, I 
would have voted ``aye.''

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