[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 116]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, I regret that I could not be in both 
Bakersfield and Washington, DC on January 23, and January 24. I would 
have voted ``yea'' on H.R. 2234, and S. 1762.

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