[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 23155]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Speaker, this morning I attended an important 
Congressional Steel Caucus meeting with Department of Commerce 
Secretary Don Evans and Undersecretary of Commerce for International 
Trade Grant Aldonas to discuss effective remedies to combat the illegal 
importation of subsidized steel products. I was presiding this steel 
caucus discussion when recorded votes were ordered, and I miss three 
rollcall votes. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no'' on the 
Journal vote (rollcall Vote 451); I would have voted ``aye'' on H. Con. 
Res. 77 (rollcall Vote 452); and I would have voted ``aye'' on H.R. 
2722 (rollcall Vote 453).

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