[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 91 (Friday, July 14, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S6828]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         EXPLANATION OF ABSENCE

  Mr. HUTCHINSON. Mr. President, I ask that the Record reflect the 
purpose of my absence during final passage of H.R. 8, the Death Tax 
Elimination Act. I departed Washington this morning to attend the 
wedding of my youngest son, Joshua. I would add that my absence would 
not have changed the outcome of this vote. If I had been present, 
however, I would have voted ``aye.''

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