[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 8109]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                           HON. HOWARD COBLE

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 16, 2000

  Mr. COBLE. Mr. Speaker, on Wednesday, May 10, and Thursday, May 11, I 
missed rollcall votes 160-179. On these dates, I was representing the 
Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property at the opening of the 
Diplomatic Conference on the Patent Law Treaty in Geneva, Switzerland. 
As Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual 
Property, I believe congressional representation at this meeting was 
important, and I was honored to address the delegates of the 
conference.

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