[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 26, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S2151]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            VOTE EXPLANATION

  Mr. PETERS. Mr. President, while returning with Senate colleagues 
from a delegation trip to Europe to further strengthen the trans-
Atlantic alliance in the context of Vladimir Putin's war against the 
Ukrainian people, our plane was grounded by mechanical failure. As a 
result, I was unable to attend vote No. 135 on the motion to invoke 
cloture on Executive Calendar No. 808, Lael Brainard, of the District 
of Columbia, to be Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the 
Federal Reserve System.
  I would have voted yea on the motion to invoke cloture had I been 
able to attend the vote.
  While returning with Senate colleagues from a delegation trip to 
Europe to further strengthen the trans-Atlantic alliance in the context 
of Vladimir Putin's war against the Ukrainian people, our plane was 
grounded by mechanical failure. As a result, I was unable to attend 
today's vote on No. 136 on confirmation of Executive Calendar No. 808, 
Lael Brainard, of the District of Columbia, to Vice Chairman of the 
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
  I would have voted yea on the confirmation had I been able to attend 
the vote.

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