[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 23031]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall Nos. 455 and 456, I was 
emavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``Yea.''

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