[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 73 (Thursday, June 6, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S5195]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            VOTE EXPLANATION

  Mr. LIEBERMAN. I was not able to vote on the Helms-Frist amendment 
(Number 3725) to the Supplemental Appropriations bill. I was 
unavoidably detained. I would like to express my support for this 
measure and applaud its passage. I co-sponsored the defeated Durbin 
amendment that would have provided an additional $500 million towards 
the global fight against AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis. I was 
disappointed that it did not pass tonight. In the absence of the Durbin 
provisions, I agree with the Senator from Tennessee that we must at 
least provide the additional $100 million called for in the Helms-Frist 
amendment. I ask that the record show that I would have voted in favor 
of the Helms-Frist Amendment and I support its passage.

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