[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17357]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. BRIAN BAIRD

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 19, 2002

  Mr. BAIRD. Mr. Speaker, on September 17, 2002, I was in my 
Congressional District in Washington and consequently I missed three 
votes. For the record, had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' 
on rollcall vote 388, ``yea'' on rollcall vote 389 and ``yea'' on 
rollcall vote 390.

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