[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1565]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                           HON. FRANK MASCARA

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 12, 2002

  Mr. MASCARA. Mr. Speaker, on September 10, 2002, I was absent for 
personal reasons and missed rollcall votes numbered 378 through 383. 
For the record, had I been present I would have voted yea on all of 
these votes.

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