[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 9925]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                    HON. JUANITA MILLENDER-McDONALD

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 5, 2001

  Ms. MILLENDER-McDONALD. Mr. Speaker, I wish to inform you that my 
absence from voting in the House on Friday was due to my attendance at 
an annual briefing for senior citizens in my district. I notified my 
leadership on Friday that I had to leave for this event. My Chief of 
Staff informed me of the possibility of votes late Friday and into 
Saturday morning. I was preparing to leave for the vote late Friday 
evening when due to inclement weather I was unable to fly back from 
California on time. I ask that I be excused from my legislative duties 
on Friday and Saturday due to these unforeseen circumstances.

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