[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 25785]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                         HON. LUIS V. GUTIERREZ

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 31, 2000

  Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably absent from this 
chamber on Tuesday, October 24, 2000 when rollcall vote No. 543 was 
cast and on Wednesday, October 25, 2000 when rollcall vote No. 551 was 
cast. I want the record to show that had I been present in this chamber 
at the time these votes were cast, I would have voted ``no'' on each of 
these rollcall votes.

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