[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 149 (Thursday, September 14, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S5739]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            VOTE EXPLANATION

 Mr. NELSON. Mr. President, I was necessarily absent for 
yesterday's vote on the motion to table Senate amendment No. 871 to 
H.R. 2810, the National Defense Authorization Act, to repeal existing 
authorizations for the use of military force. I would have voted yea.
  Mr. President, I was necessarily absent for today's vote on the 
motion to invoke cloture on substitute amendment No. 1003 to H.R. 2810, 
the National Defense Authorization Act. I would have voted yea.
  Mr. President, I was necessarily absent for today's vote on Calendar 
No. 109, confirmation of the nomination of Pamela Hughes Patenaude to 
be Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. I would have 
voted yea.
  (At the request of Mr. Schumer, the following statement was ordered 
to be printed in the Record.)

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