[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10864]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. BERRY. Mr. Speaker, unfortunately, I missed rollcall votes number 
147 and 148 on Monday, May 24, 1999, because I was attending a funeral 
of a dear friend.
  Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on both of these 
votes.

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