[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 91 (Thursday, June 19, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1305-E1306]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. GENE TAYLOR

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 19, 2003

  Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, on June 18, 2003, I missed 
rollcall vote No. 287, an amendment in the nature of a substitute to 
H.R. 8, the Estate Tax Permanency Act offered by my colleague from 
North Dakota, Mr. Pomeroy.
  While H.R. 8 was being considered on the House floor, the House Armed 
Services Committee, of which I am a member, was receiving

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testimony from Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz on 
commitments of the United States Armed Forces throughout the world. The 
vote on the Pomeroy substitute was called shortly after I had asked 
Secretary Wolfowitz a series of questions pertaining to the search for 
weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and rotation schedules and living 
arrangements for our troops who are presently serving there.
  Mr. Speaker, had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on 
rollcall vote No. 287, the Pomeroy substitute, and accordingly, I would 
like to request unanimous consent to enter this statement into the 
record at the appropriate location.

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