[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 25354]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. ROB PORTMAN

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 26, 2000

  Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. Speaker, because I was unavoidably detained, I was 
absent for rollcall vote No. 554. Had I been present, I would have 
voted ``yea.''

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