[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 2378]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                           HON. MERRILL COOK

                                of utah

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, March 8, 2000

  Mr. COOK. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall Nos. 26, 27, and 28, I asked to be 
excused because of intestinal surgery. Had I been present, I would have 
voted ``yes.''

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