[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 10453]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                           NECESSARILY ABSENT

  Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, last week I was necessarily absent from 
the Senate to attend my daughter's graduation from college. As a 
result, I missed two votes Thursday and one Friday morning as I was 
returning to Washington.
  For the record, had I been present, I would have voted nay on the 
motion to table the Daschle amendment related to a Patients' Bills of 
Rights. I would have voted nay on the point of order raised with 
respect to the McCain amendment related to the so-called Section 527 
loophole in our campaign finance laws. I would have voted aye on the 
Grassley amendment related to accounting practices at the Department of 
Defense. My vote would not have changed the outcome on any of these 
votes.
  Also for the record, I am extraordinarily proud of my daughter, 
Jessamyn, who graduated magna cum laude with highest honors from 
Harvard University last Thursday, June 8.

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