[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 13851]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                           HON. FRANK MASCARA

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 22, 2002

  Mr. MASCARA. Mr. Speaker, on July 15, 2002, 1 was unavoidably absent 
for personal reasons and missed rollcall votes numbered 296, 297, and 
298. For the record, had I been present I would have voted ``yea'' on 
all three votes.

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