[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17585]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                        HON. HERBERT H. BATEMAN

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 22, 1999

  Mr. BATEMAN. Mr. Speaker, I was regrettably absent and missed 
rollcall vote No. 327 on July 21, 1999. The vote was on the Bilbray 
amendment to H.R. 2415, the American Embassy Security Act. I include in 
the Record that I would have voted ``aye'' had I been present.




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