[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 3838]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, on Friday, March 5, I was necessarily 
absent in order to join Secretary of Energy Richardson in Bismarck for 
meetings with representatives of North Dakota energy industries and to 
meet with the Governor and other State officials about water resources. 
Had I been present for rollcall vote No. 33 on S. 280, to table the 
Graham amendment which would have prohibited the implementation of the 
``Know Your Customer'' regulation by Federal banking agencies, I would 
have voted ``nay.''
  Mr. President, I yield the floor, and I suggest the absence of a 
quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. JEFFORDS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. JEFFORDS. Mr. President, what is the pending business?

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