[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 19]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 28310]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                          HON. J.C. WATTS, JR.

                              of oklahoma

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 3, 1999

  Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably detained on 
personal family business on the evening of November 1, 1999, when the 
vote on the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Land Conveyance 
Act, H.R. 2737, was cast. Had I been present, I would have voted in 
favor of this measure.
  In addition, I was unavoidably detained on personal family business 
on the evening of November 1, 1999, when the vote on the FEMA and Civil 
Defense Monument Act, H.R. 348, was cast. Had I been present, I would 
have voted in favor of this measure.
  In addition, I was unavoidably detained on personal family business 
on the evening of November 1, 1999, when the vote on the Electronic 
Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, H.R. 1714, was cast. 
Had I been present, I would have voted in favor of this measure.

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