[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 621]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                           HON. JERRY WELLER

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 5, 2002

  Mr. WELLER. Mr. Speaker, on January 24, 2002, I inadvertently missed 
a vote because of an electrical failure in my office which caused the 
buzzer system to malfunction. Had I been present, I would have voted 
``aye'' on this important legislation which amends the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 to establish fixed interest rates for student and parent 
borrowers.

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