[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 25350]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                          HON. J.C. WATTS, JR.

                              of oklahoma

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 26, 2000

  Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma. Mr. Speaker, I was unable to be here yesterday 
due to my father's precarious health situation, and missed Recorded 
Votes #541 (Providing for the consideration of H.R. 4656, Lake Tahoe 
Basin School Site Land Conveyance Act), #542 (Motion to suspend the 
rules and pass H. Con. Res. 414: Relating to the Reestablishment of 
Representative Government in Afghanistan), and #543 (Motion to suspend 
the rules and pass H.R. 4271: The National Science Education Act) on 
October 24, 2000, and Recorded Vote #545 (On ordering the Previous 
Question on H. Res. 647: providing for consideration of H.R. 4811, the 
Foreign Operations Appropriations Conference Report, FY2001) on October 
25, 2000.
  Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye'' on all of the above 
motions.

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