[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13430]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Speaker, earlier today, I was in Connecticut 
participating in the commencement ceremony at Greenwich High School 
and, therefore, missed eight recorded votes.
  I take my voting responsibility very seriously, having missed only 4 
votes in my almost 12 years in Congress.
  I would like to say for the Record that had I been present I would 
have voted ``yes'' on recorded vote number 226, ``yes'' on recorded 
vote number 227, ``yes'' on recorded vote 228, ``yes'' on recorded vote 
229, ``yes'' on recorded vote 230, ``yes'' on recorded vote 231, ``no'' 
on recorded vote 232, and ``yes'' on recorded vote 233.

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