[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 68 (Friday, May 26, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Page S5331]
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  (At the request of Mr. Reid, the following statement was ordered to 
be printed in the Record.)

                            VOTE EXPLANATION

 Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I was necessarily absent during 
confirmation vote on the nomination of Michael Hayden to be the 
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency because I had returned to 
Colorado to honor commitments to my family. I want the Record to 
reflect that had I been here, I would have voted in favor of 
confirmation.
  I was also necessarily absent during the cloture vote on the 
nomination of Dirk Kempthorne to be Secretary of the Interior. I 
support this nomination, and I want the Record to reflect that had I 
been here, I would have voted in favor of invoking cloture.
  And I was necessarily absent during confirmation vote on the 
nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to be a U.S. Circuit Judge for the DC 
Circuit. I want the Record to reflect that had I been here, I would 
have voted against confirmation.
  (At the request of Mr. Reid, the following statement was ordered to 
be printed in the Record.)
 Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, had I been present for the vote to 
invoke cloture on the nomination of my former colleague, Dirk 
Kempthorne, to be Secretary of the Interior, I would have cast a vote 
of ``aye''.

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