[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 11346-11347]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                           HON. JIM McDERMOTT

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 19, 2000

  Mr. McDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, I was absent and unable to vote the 
afternoon of June

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15, 2000. I would have voted in favor of the Sanders of Vermont 
amendment (rollcall No. 286). I would have voted in favor of the motion 
to recommit (rollcall No. 287). I would have voted against the 
Nethercutt amendment (rollcall No. 288). I would have voted against the 
Weldon amendment (rollcall No. 289). I would have voted in favor of the 
motion to recommit (rollcall No. 290). I would have voted against final 
passage (rollcall No. 291).

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