[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 13213]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                          HON. EVA M. CLAYTON

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 16, 1999

  Mrs. CLAYTON. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 190, the Shays amendment--
``to reduce troop levels in Europe from 100,000 to 25,000 by fiscal 
year 2002; excludes troops assigned to Greenland, Iceland, Azores, and 
those serving for more than 179 days under a military-to-military 
program; and does not apply in the event of war or attack on NATO 
member nation,'' I was absent for the above-referenced vote because I 
was in North Carolina attending the funeral services for the father of 
my District Office Director. Had I been present, I would have voted 
``nay.''

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