[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2834]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


[[Page 2834]]

                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. ORTIZ. Mr. Speaker, because of official business in my District 
(27th Congressional District of Texas) I was absent for rollcall votes 
46-48. If I had been present for these


votes, I would have voted as indicated below: Rollcall vote 46--
``yea''; rollcall vote 47--``yea''; rollcall vote 48--``yea.''

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