[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1349]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                        HON. BILL PASCRELL, JR.

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 22, 1999

  Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, I was granted a leave of absence for 
Friday, June 18, 1999 after 12 noon. At that time, I received word of a 
family emergency at home in New Jersey and immediately left Washington 
D.C. Following are the votes I missed and how I would have voted:
  Representatives Sessions and Frost amendment (No. 8) to H.R. 2122, 
the Mandatory Gun Show Background Check Act: On rollcall No. 239, I 
would have voted ``nay''.
  Representative Goode Amendment (No. 9) to H.R. 2122, the Mandatory 
Gun Show Background Check Act: On rollcall No. 240, I would have voted 
``nay''.
  Representative Hunter Amendment (No. 10) to H.R. 2111, the Mandatory 
Gun Show Background Check Act: On rollcall No. 241, I would have voted 
``nay''.
  Representative Rogan Amendment (No. 11) to H.R. 2122, the Mandatory 
Gun Show Background Check Act: On rollcall No. 242, I would have voted 
``yea''.
  Representatives Conyers and Campbell Amendment (No. 12) to H.R. 2122, 
the Mandatory Gun Show Background Act: On rollcall No. 243, I would 
have voted ``yea''.
  On Passage of H.R. 2122: On rollcall vote No. 244, I would have voted 
``nay''.

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