[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 10614]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                         PERSONAL EXPLANATIONS

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                            HON. ADAM SMITH

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 13, 2000

  Mr. SMITH of Washington. Mr. Speaker, on the evening of Thursday, 
June 8, and Friday, June 9, I was unable to vote for family reasons.
  If I had been present, I would have voted: ``yea'' on rollcall No. 
250, the Traficant amendment to H.R. 4577; ``yea'' on rollcall No. 251, 
to approve the House Journal; ``yea'' on rollcall No. 252, the Rangel 
substitute amendment to H.R. 8; ``yea'' on rollcall No. 253, the Motion 
to Recommit with Instructions on H.R. 8; and ``yea'' on rollcall No. 
254, final passage of H.R. 8, the Death Tax Elimination Act.

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