[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12485]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                         EXPLANATION OF ABSENCE

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Alaska.
  Mr. STEVENS. Pursuant to rule 6, paragraph 2, I ask unanimous consent 
the Senator from Alaska, Mr. Murkowski, be granted official leave of 
the Senate until July 9.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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