[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 91 (Tuesday, July 9, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1215]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                         HON. JOSEPH M. HOEFFEL

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 9, 2002

  Mr. HOEFFEL. Mr. Speaker, I was unable to vote on two suspension 
bills on July 8, 2002, as I was returning from Berlin, Germany where I 
participated in the annual assembly of the Commission on Security and 
Cooperation in Europe as a member of the official United States 
delegation.
  If present, I would have voted ``aye'' on H.R. 4609, the Rathdrum 
Prairie Spokane Valley Aquifer Study Act, and ``aye'' on H.R. 2643, the 
Fort Clatsop National Memorial Expansion Act.

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