[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 96 (Thursday, June 19, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Page S3845]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                            Vote Explanation

  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, today, due to tornados and severe storms in 
South Dakota, which resulted in significant damage to homes and 
businesses in my State, I was traveling back to South Dakota to survey 
the damage and meet with local leaders coordinating response efforts 
during the scheduled vote. Had I been present for today's vote on the 
confirmation of Executive Calendar No. 770, Gustavo Velasquez Aguilar, 
of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Devopment, I would have voted nay.

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