[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 14611]
[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

                        Thursday, July 13, 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 voted No. 373, ``yes'' on recorded vote 
No. 374, ``yes'' on recorded vote No. 375, ``yes'' on recorded vote No. 
376, ``yes'' on recorded vote No. 377, and ``no'' on recorded vote No. 
378.

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