[Extensions of Remarks]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                          HON. EDWARD R. ROYCE

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 19, 1999

  Mr. ROYCE. Mr. Speaker, on Thursday July 15, I was unavoidably 
detained for rollcall No. 302. If I had been present, I would have 
voted ``nay'' on this amendment.

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