[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5548]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, from April 16, 2002, through 
April 18, 2002, I was absent from the House of Representatives 
proceedings because I was fulfilling my duties as a member of the 
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 votes 93, 94, 95, 
96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102 and 103. Had I been present for these 
votes, I would have voted the following way: On 93, yes; 94, yes; 95, 
yes; 96, yes; 97, no; 98, no; 99, no; 100, no; 101, no; 102, no; and 
103, no.

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