[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12096]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, I was unable to be present for rollcall 
votes 283 and 284. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on 
each on them.

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