[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 19]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 28298]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                           HON. RONNIE SHOWS

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 2, 1999

  Mr. SHOWS. Mr. Speaker, because of unanticipated delays in my flight 
from Jackson, Mississippi, on Monday, November 1, 1999, I was unable to 
cast recorded votes on rollcalls 550, 551, and 552.
  Had I been present for rollcall 550, I would have voted ``yea'' to 
suspend the rules and pass H.R. 348, a bill to authorize the 
construction of a monument to honor those who have served the Nation's 
civil defense and emergency management programs.
  On rollcall 551, I would have voted ``yea'' to suspend the rules and 
pass H.R. 2737, a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
convey to the State of Illinois certain Federal land associated with 
the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail to be used as an historic 
and interpretive site along the trail.
  On rollcall 552, I would have voted ``nay'' against suspending the 
rules and passing H.R. 1714, a bill to facilitate the use of electronic 
records and signatures in interstate or foreign commerce.

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