[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 20]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 29624]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                          HON. SILVESTRE REYES

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 9, 1999

  Mr. REYES. Mr. Speaker, on Friday, November 5, 1999, I was away on 
official business and missed rollcall votes 571, 572, and 573. Had I 
been present, I would have voted ``yes'' on the following: Rollcall 
vote No. 571, the Young Amendment to H.R. 3196; rollcall vote No. 572, 
final passage of H.R. 3196 (the Foreign Operations Appropriations bill 
for Fiscal Year 2000); and rollcall vote No. 573, H.R. 3075 (the 
Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act).

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