[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 54 (Thursday, May 4, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H2589]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Ms. VELAZQUEZ. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably detained today, May 4, 
2000.
  If I had been present for rollcall No. 142, I would have voted 
``yes.''
  If I had been present for rollcall No. 143, I would have voted 
``yes.''
  If I had been present for rollcall No. 144, I would have voted 
``yes.''
  If I had been present for rollcall No. 145, I would have voted 
``no.''
  I ask that this statement be entered into the Record.

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