[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17823]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. OWENS. Mr. Speaker, this morning, I was unavoidably absent on a 
matter of critical importance and missed the following votes:
  On the Journal (Rollcall No. 465), I would have voted ``yea.''


  On H.R. 4810, (Rollcall No. 466), the veto override of the Marriage 
Penalty Act, introduced by the gentleman from Texas, Mr. Archer, I 
would have voted ``nay.''
  On H.R. 4986 (Rollcall No. 467), Foreign Sales Corporation Repeal and 
Extraterritorial Income Exclusion Act of 2000, introduced by the 
gentleman from Texas, Mr. Archer, I would have voted ``nay.''
  On H. Con. Res. 327 (Rollcall No. 469), honoring the service and 
sacrifice during periods of war by members of the U.S. Merchant Marine, 
introduced by the gentleman from California, Mr. Kuykendall, I would 
have voted ``yea.''
  On H.R. 4205 (Rollcall No. 470), instructions to conferees on the 
Department of Defense authorization bill, offered by the gentleman from 
South Carolina, Mr. Graham, I would have voted ``nay.''

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