[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 90 (Thursday, July 13, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                          HON. MAJOR R. OWENS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 12, 2000

  Mr. OWENS. Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday, I was unavoidably absent on a 
matter of critical importance and missed the following votes.
  On the bill, H. Con. Res. 253, expressing the sense of the Congress 
strongly objecting to any effort to expel the Holy See from the United 
Nations as a state participant by removing its status as a permanent 
observer, introduced by the gentleman from New Jersey, Mr. Smith, I 
would have voted ``yea.''
  On the bill, H.R. 4442, the National Wildlife Refuge System 
Centennial Act, introduced by the gentleman from New Jersey, Mr. 
Saxton, I would have voted ``yea.''
  On the bill, H. Res. 415, the sense of the House that there should be 
a National Ocean Day, introduced by the gentlelady from Hawaii, Mrs. 
Mink, I would have voted ``yea.''
  On the amendment to H.R. 4461, the fiscal year 2001 Agriculture 
appropriations bill, introduced by the gentleman from Oregon, Mr. 
DeFazio, I would have voted ``yea.''
  On the amendment to H.R. 4461, the fiscal year 2001 Agriculture 
appropriations bill, introduced by the gentleman from South Carolina, 
Mr. Sanford, I would have voted ``nay.''
  On the amendment to H.R. 4461, the fiscal year 2001 Agriculture 
appropriations bill, introduced by the gentleman from Indiana, Mr. 
Burton, I would have voted ``nay.''
  On the amendment to H.R. 4461, the fiscal year 2001 Agriculture 
appropriations bill, introduced by the gentleman from New Mexico, Mr. 
Skeen, I would have voted ``nay.''

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