[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 8751]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                          HON. CASS BALLENGER

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 22, 2000

  Mr. BALLENGER. Mr. Speaker, on Wednesday, May 17, 2000, I missed 
rollcall vote 193 (H.R. 4205) because I was conducting a Subcommittee 
on the Western Hemisphere hearing in the absence of the Chairman. Had I 
been present I would have voted ``yea''.




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