[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16925]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                         HON. SOLOMON P. ORTIZ

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 20, 1999

  Mr. ORTIZ. Mr. Speaker, due to a medical evaluation last Friday July 
16, 1999, I was not present for rollcall vote 307. If I had been 
present for this vote, I would have voted ``no''.

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