[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 81 (Tuesday, June 18, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1082-E1083]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. ROB PORTMAN

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 18, 2002

  Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. Speaker, because I attended the groundbreaking of 
the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in my

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hometown of Cincinnati, I missed the following Roll Call Votes on June 
17, 2002: Roll Call Vote Number 230, a vote on the Journal. Had I been 
present, I would have voted ``Yea.'' On Roll Call No. 231, passage of 
H. Con. Res. 415, recognizing National Homeownership Month, I would 
have voted ``Yea.'' On Roll Call No. 232, passage of H. Con. Res. 340, 
supporting the goals and ideals of Meningitis Awareness Month, I would 
have voted ``Yea.''

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