[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 2 (Thursday, January 24, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H48]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, I regret that I could not be in both 
Bakersfield and Washington, DC on January 23, and January 24. I would 
have voted ``yea'' on H.R. 2234, and S. 1762.

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