[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 38 (Thursday, March 30, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E460]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. MATT SALMON

                               of arizona

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 30, 2000

  Mr. SALMON. Mr. Speaker, due to an illness, I was unable to be 
present for House consideration of the following bills. Had I been 
present, I would have voted in the following manner:
  Roll Call Vote #76--H.R. 2412, a bill designating the E. Ross Adair 
Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse--I would have voted Yea.
  Roll Call Vote #77--H. Con. Res. 292, a resolution congratulating the 
people of Taiwan for the successful conclusion of presidential 
elections on March 18, 2000 and reaffirming United State policy toward 
Taiwan and the People's Republic of China--I would have voted Yea.
  Roll Call Vote #78--H. Con. Res. 269, a resolution commending the 
Library of Congress and its staff for 200 years of outstanding service 
to the Congress and the Nation--I would have voted Yea.
  Roll Call Vote #79--H.R. 5, the Senior Citizen's Freedom to Work 
Act--as I voted the previous time the House considered it, I would have 
voted Yea.
  Roll Call Vote #80--Approving the Day's Journal--I would have voted 
Yea.
  Roll Call Vote #81--H. Res. 450, the rule providing for consideration 
of H.R. 3908; making emergency supplemental appropriations for Fiscal 
Year 2000--I would have voted Yea.
  Roll Call Vote #82--an amendment to H.R. 3908 to cut $1.631 billion 
from several programs in the bill and to strike all references to 
emergency designations, making the bill subject to spending caps--I 
would have voted Yea.
  Roll Call Vote #83--an amendment to H.R. 3908 to appropriate $4 
billion in FY 2000 funds to reduce publicly-held debt--I would have 
voted Yea.
  Roll Call Vote #84--an amendment to H.R. 3908 to cut $552 million in 
Title I of the bill set aside for illegal drug interdiction and 
counter-drug programs--I would have voted Yea.

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