[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16740]
[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

                      Thursday, September 12, 2002

  Mr. MASCARA. Mr. Speaker, on September 9, 2002, I was absent for 
personal reasons and missed rollcall votes numbered 375, 376, and 377. 
For the record, had I been present I would have voted ``yea'' on all of 
these votes.

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