[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 13219]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. JIM TURNER

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 16, 1999

  Mr. TURNER. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 50, I was absent because of 
my participation in a congressional delegation trip to Russia with 
members of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Research 
and Development for the purpose of discussing with the Russian Duma 
pending anti-missile defense Legislation. Had I been present, I would 
have voted ``yes'' on H.R. 819.

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