[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 17858]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                            VOTE EXPLANATION

  Mr. BIDEN. Madam President, I was unable to be here for an earlier 
vote today. I was at the funeral of a brave young American, 
Aerographer's Mate Second Class Matthew Michael Flocco, whose life was 
one of those so tragically ended at the Pentagon on September 11. I 
believed it was important to be there with the family, to make sure 
they knew that America shares in their grief and stands ready to assist 
them in any way we can.

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