[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 130 (Wednesday, July 31, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S5235]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            VOTE EXPLANATION

  Mr. KAINE. Mr. President, on July 30, 2019, I was absent for the 
following rollcall votes due to a commitment in Williamsburg, VA, for 
an event surrounding the 400th commemorative session of the Virginia 
General Assembly.
  Had I been present I would have voted ``nay'' on confirmation: Sean 
D. Jordan, of Texas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District 
of Texas--rollcall vote 241, PN205; ``nay'' on motion to invoke 
cloture: Mark T. Pittman to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern 
District of Texas--rollcall vote 242, PN207; ``nay'' on motion to 
invoke cloture: Jeffery Vincent Brown, of Texas, to be U.S. District 
Judge for the Southern District of Texas--rollcall vote 243, PN510; 
``nay'' on motion to invoke cloture: Brantley Starr, of Texas, to be 
United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas--
rollcall vote 244, PN512; ``yea'' on motion to invoke cloture: 
Stephanie L. Haines, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District 
Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania--rollcall vote 245, 
PN453; ``yea'' on motion to invoke cloture: Ada E. Brown to be U.S. 
District Judge for the Northern District of Texas--rollcall vote 246, 
PN524; ``yea'' on motion to invoke cloture Steven D. Grimberg, of 
Georgia, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District 
of Georgia--rollcall vote 247, PN566; ``nay'' on motion to invoke 
cloture on Jason K. Pulliam, of Texas, to be United States District 
Judge for the Western District of Texas--rollcall vote 248, PN454; 
``yea'' on motion to invoke cloture on Martha Maria Pacold, of 
Illinois, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District 
of Illinois--rollcall vote 249, PN780; ``yea'' on motion to invoke 
cloture on Steven C. Seeger, of Illinois, to be United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of Illinois--rollcall vote 250, PN782; 
and ``nay'' on motion to invoke cloture on William Shaw Stickman IV, of 
Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for the Western 
District of Pennsylvania--roll call vote 251, PN727.

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