[Extensions of Remarks]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                   HON. CHARLES W. ``CHIP'' PICKERING

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, February 5, 1998

  Mr. PICKERING. Mr. Speaker, I was unable to return to the House floor 
last evening due to a scheduling conflict and missed the following 
vote:
  Rollcall vote No. 7, passage of H. J. Res. 107. Had I been present, I 
would have voted ``aye.''

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