[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 14441]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                         EXPLANATION OF ABSENCE

  Mr. HUTCHINSON. Mr. President, I ask that the Record reflect the 
purpose of my absence during final passage of H.R. 8, the Death Tax 
Elimination Act. I departed Washington this morning to attend the 
wedding of my youngest son, Joshua. I would add that my absence would 
not have changed the outcome of this vote. If I had been present, 
however, I would have voted ``aye.''

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