[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 51 (Tuesday, April 30, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E667]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                           HON. JOHN R. THUNE

                            of south dakota

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 30, 2002

  Mr. THUNE. Mr. Speaker, on April 24, while fulfilling my 
responsibilities as a member of Congress and escorting President Bush 
to South Dakota, I was unable to vote on roll call votes 107 through 
110. If I had been present I would have voted NO on roll call vote 107; 
NO on roll call vote 108; NO on roll call vote 109 and YEA on roll call 
vote 110. I ask unanimous consent that this, along with a statement, be 
placed at the appropriate place in the Congressional Record.

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