[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 14419]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. TODD TIAHRT

                               of kansas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, June 25, 1999

  Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, on June 22, I was unavoidably detained and 
missed rollcall vote numbers 245 and 246. Had I been present, I would 
have voted ``yes'' on H.R. 659 (PATRIOT Act) and ``yes'' on H.R. 1175, 
authorizing an investigation into the disappearance of Zachary Baumel, 
Yehuda Katz and Zvi Feldman.

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