[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 113 (Wednesday, August 4, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1741]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                         HON. LUIS V. GUTIERREZ

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, August 4, 1999

  Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Speaker, in the evening of Thursday, July 29, 
1999, and the morning of Friday, July 30, 1999, I was unavoidably 
absent from this Chamber and therefore missed rollcall vote No. 355 
(Motion to Instruct Conferees on S. 900), rollcall vote No. 354 (Motion 
to instruct Conferees on H.R. 1501), rollcall vote No. 353 (the Pitts 
amendment to H.R. 2606), rollcall vote No. 352 (the Moakley amendment 
to H.R. 2606) and rollcall No. 351 (the Campbell amendment to H.R. 
2606).
  I want the Record to show that if I had been able to be present in 
this chamber when these votes were cast, I would have voted ``yea'' on 
rollcall vote 355, rollcall vote 354, and rollcall vote 352. I would 
have voted ``no'' on rollcall vote 353 and rollcall vote 351.

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