[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 144 (Tuesday, August 28, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5988]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            VOTE EXPLANATION

  Ms. HIRONO. Mr. President, I was necessarily absent for votes on 
August 23 and August 27 so I could return to Hawaii to lend my support 
to the State and Federal preparations for and response to the severe 
weather conditions caused by Hurricane Lane. I rise today in order to 
outline how I would have voted on the rollcall votes that occurred on 
those dates.
  For vote No. 190 on August 23, 2018, on the motion to invoke cloture 
on Senate amendment 3695 to H.R. 6157, Department of Defense, Health 
and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019, had I been 
present, I would have voted yea.
  For vote No. 191 on August 23, 2018, on adoption of Senate amendment 
3967 to H.R. 6157, Department of Defense, Health and Human Services, 
and Education Appropriations Act, 2019, had I been present, I would 
have voted nay.
  For vote No. 192 on August 23, 2018, on the motion to waive the 
Budget Act with respect to Amendment No. 3695 to H.R. 6157, Department 
of Defense, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations 
Act, 2019, had I been present, I would have voted yea.
  For vote No. 193 on August 23, 2018, on final passage of H.R. 6157, 
Department of Defense, Health and Human Services, and Education 
Appropriations Act, 2019, as amended, had I been present, I would have 
voted yea.
  Finally, for vote No. 194 on August 27, 2018, on the motion to invoke 
cloture on the nomination of Lynn A. Johnson to be Assistant Secretary 
for Family Support, Department of Health and Human Services, had I been 
present, I would have voted yea.

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