[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 14]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 20212]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                         HON. ALCEE L. HASTINGS

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, October 9, 2002

  Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, from September 20, 2002 through 
October 8, 2002, I was absent from the House of Representatives 
proceedings because I was fulfilling my duties as a member of Helsinki 
Commission and Vice President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the 
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
  While serving in this capacity, I missed rollcall vote Nos. 424 
through 447. Had I been present for these votes, I would have voted the 
following way: No. 424, ``yes''; No. 425, ``yes''; No. 426, ``yes''; 
No. 427, ``no''; No. 428, ``yes''; No. 429, ``no''; No. 430, ``no''; 
No. 431, ``yes''; No. 432, ``yes''; No. 433, ``no''; No. 434, ``no''; 
No. 435, ``no''; No. 436, ``no''; No. 437, ``no''; No. 438, ``no''; No. 
439, ``yes''; No. 440, ``no''; No. 441, ``no''; No. 442, ``yes''; No. 
443, ``yes''; No. 444, ``yes''; No. 445, ``yes''; No. 446, ``no''; No. 
447, ``yes''.

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