[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 6 (Tuesday, February 1, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H137]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. DeMINT. Mr. Speaker, due to the untimely passing of one of my 
district staff members, I was detained from rollcall votes both 
yesterday and today. Had I been present today, I would have voted 
``yea'' on passage of H.R. 764, the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Enforcement Act (rollcall vote 4), ``yea'' on passage of H.R. 1838, the 
Taiwan Security Enhancement Act (rollcall vote 5), of which I am a 
cosponsor, and ``no'' on the motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 2990 
(rollcall vote 6).
  In addition, had I been present yesterday, I would have voted ``yea'' 
on both rollcall vote 2 and rollcall vote 3.

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