[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 15]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 21165]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                           HON. JIM McDERMOTT

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 9, 1999

  Mr. McDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, I was absent and unable to vote due to my 
recovery from heart surgery on August 5, 1999.
  August 5, 1999:
  I would have voted in favor of the Hall amendment to H.R. 2670 
(rollcall No. 380).
  I would have voted against the Bass amendment to H.R. 2670 (rollcall 
No. 381).
  I would have voted in favor of the G. Miller amendment to H.R. 2760 
(rollcall No. 382).
  I would have voted against the Hayworth amendment to H.R. 2760 
(rollcall No. 383).
  I would have voted in favor of the Tauzin amendment to H.R. 2760 
(rollcall No. 384).
  I would have voted against the Kucinich amendment to H.R. 2670 
(rollcall No. 385).
  I would have voted in favor of the motion to recommit H.R. 2670 with 
instructions (rollcall No. 386).
  I would have voted against passage of H.R. 2670 (rollcall No. 387).
  I would have voted against ordering the previous question for 
consideration of H.R. 2684 (rollcall No. 388).
  I would have voted in favor of agreeing to the Conference Report on 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act (rollcall No. 389).

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