[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 72 (Monday, June 12, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E977]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                           HON. ED WHITFIELD

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 12, 2000

  Mr. WHITFIELD. Mr. Speaker, although I was on the House floor 
throughout the proceedings for consideration of H.R. 8, the repeal of 
the federal estate tax, on Friday, June 9, 2000, I was not recorded as 
voting on that issue.
  My vote was recorded to defeat Lloyd Doggett's Motion to Recommit 
H.R. 8, but my vote on final passage of H.R. 8 was not recorded.
  I was a cosponsor of that legislation and it has been a part of my 
platform since my election to Congress in 1994. I am disappointed that 
my vote was not recorded because I have always and continue to be in 
favor of repeal of the federal estate tax.

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