[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 4829]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                        HON. JOHN N. HOSTETTLER

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 17, 1999

  Mr. HOSTETTLER. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall vote No. 50, I was on 
official Congressional business in Russia, and could not be present. 
Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on this vote to pass 
H.R. 819.

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