[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 13737]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                           HON. DAVID VITTER

                              of louisiana

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 17, 2001

  Mr. VITTER. Mr. Speaker, due to a flight cancellation on Tuesday, 
July 17, 2001, I was unable to be present for the following Roll Call 
Votes: # 229, the vote on S. 360, a Bill to Honor Paul Coverdell; and # 
230, the vote on H. Res. 195, Commending the United States military and 
defense contractor personnel responsible for a successful in-flight 
ballistic missile defense interceptor test on July 14, 2001.
  I ask that the Record show that if I were present, I would have voted 
``yea'' on Roll Call # 229 and ``yea'' on Roll Call # 230.




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