[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 15588-15589]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. GENE TAYLOR

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 19, 2003

  Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, on June 18, 2003, I missed 
rollcall vote No. 287,

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an amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 8, the Estate Tax 
Permanency Act offered by my colleague from North Dakota, Mr. Pomeroy.
  While H.R. 8 was being considered on the House floor, the House Armed 
Services Committee, of which I am a member, was receiving testimony 
from Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz on commitments of the 
United States Armed Forces throughout the world. The vote on the 
Pomeroy substitute was called shortly after I had asked Secretary 
Wolfowitz a series of questions pertaining to the search for weapons of 
mass destruction in Iraq and rotation schedules and living arrangements 
for our troops who are presently serving there.
  Mr. Speaker, had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on 
rollcall vote No. 287, the Pomeroy substitute, and accordingly, I would 
like to request unanimous consent to enter this statement into the 
record at the appropriate location.

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