[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17991]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                          HON. MAJOR R. OWENS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 13, 2000

  Mr. OWENS. Mr. Speaker, on the afternoon of September 7, 2000, I was 
unavoidably absent on a matter of critical importance and missed the 
following vote:
  On H.R. 4844 (rollcall No. 459), to modernize the financing of the 
Railroad Retirement System and to provide enhanced benefits to 
employees and beneficiaries, introduced by the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania, R. Shuster, I would have voted ``yea.''

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