[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12570]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. JOE WILSON

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 10, 2002

  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I very much regret that I 
was unavoidably detained and unable to vote on rollcall No. 278, the 
motion to commit S. 2578, on June 27, 2002. Had I been present, you may 
be assured that I would have cast my vote in opposition. My beeper did 
not work.

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