[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 16]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 23752]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                           HON. ROBERT W. NEY

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 19, 2000

  Mr. NEY. Mr. Speaker, I was absent for the votes on Wednesday, 
October 18, 2000 for a personal family situation. If I were present, I 
would have voted in favor of the three suspension bills that were voted 
on, the Social Security Number Confidentiality Act, the National 
Children's Memorial Day, and the resolution Honoring the Members of the 
Crew of the Guided Missile Destroyer U.S.S. Cole Who Were killed or 
Wounded in the Terrorist Attack on that Vessel in Aden, Yemen, on 
October 12, 2000.

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