[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10498]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. OWENS. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably absent on a matter of 
critical importance and missed the following votes:
  On passage of the Journal, I would have voted ``yea''.
  On the bill, H.R. 4079, to require the Comptroller General of the 
United States to conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Department 
of Education, introduced by the gentleman from Michigan, Mr. Hoekstra, 
I would have voted ``yea''.

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