[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12387]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                       HON. LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 26, 2000

  Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD. Mr. Speaker, due to a family health emergency in 
Los Angeles, I was not present during the House's consideration of the 
VA, HUD and Independent Agencies Appropriations Bill, last week. 
However, I was recorded as voting on an amendment to this bill offered 
by Mr. Collins of Georgia. The mistake was fortunately caught by the 
diligent staff of the Minority Leader. Nevertheless, members should be 
aware that although the digital voting system used by the House of 
Representatives is very reliable, it is not perfect. I have been 
assured by both the Chairman of the Committee on House Administration 
and the Clerk's Office that they are thoroughly investigating the 
incident and that it does appear to be a true statistical anomaly which 
is unlikely to occur again. I would like to thank the Chairman and the 
office of the Clerk for their quick attention to this matter as well as 
the staff of the Minority leader, who first discovered this error and 
brought it to the attention of the Clerk. Finally, while I was 
mistakenly recorded as voting ``aye'' on the amendment, had I been 
present, I would have voted ``nay''.

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