[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 14372]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                         HON. CHRISTOPHER SHAYS

                             of connecticut

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 12, 2000

  Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Speaker, on July 10, I was in Connecticut 
participating in my district's nominating convention and, therefore, 
missed six recorded votes.
  I take my voting responsibility very seriously, having missed only a 
handful of votes in my nearly 13 years in Congress.
  I would like to say for the record that had I been present I would 
have voted no on recorded vote number 373, yes on recorded vote number 
374, yes on recorded vote number 375, yes on recorded vote number 376, 
yes on recorded vote number 377, and no on recorded vote number 378.

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