[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 11153]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                          HON. J.C. WATTS, JR.

                              of oklahoma

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 15, 2000

  Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably detained in my 
district on June 12, 2000, and June 13, 2000, to attend a family 
funeral. I missed recorded votes for H.R. 4577, making appropriations 
for FY 2001 Labor/Health & Human Services/Education, and H.R. 4079, to 
require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a 
comprehensive fraud audit of the Department of Education.
  I ask that the record reflect that, had I been present, I would have 
voted ``aye'' on rollcall votes numbered 258, 260, 261, 263, 265, 266, 
267, 269. I woud have voted ``nay'' on rollcall votes numbered 259, 
262, 264, 268.

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