[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17713]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. Speaker, due to the severe weather conditions in the 
Washington D.C. area, my airplane was not able to land before the votes 
occurred on H.R. 717, the Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Childhood 
Assistance, Research and Education Amendments of 2001, and H.J. Res. 
65, the FY 2002 Continuing Resolution.
  Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on each of these 
bills.

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