[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 11094]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                         HON. CHRISTOPHER SHAYS

                             of connecticut

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, June 21, 2002

  Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Speaker, from June 17 through June 19, I was in 
London, England participating in a Government Reform National Security 
Subcommittee meeting on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses.
  I take my voting responsibility very seriously and would like the 
Congressional Record to reflect that, had I been present, I would have 
voted ``yes'' on recorded vote number 230, ``yes'' on recorded vote 
number 231, ``yes'' on recorded vote number 232, ``yes'' on recorded 
vote number 233, ``yes'' on recorded vote number 234, ``yes'' on 
recorded vote number 235, ``yes'' on recorded vote number 236, ``yes'' 
on recorded vote number 237, ``yes'' on recorded vote number 238, and 
``yes'' on recorded vote number 239.

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