[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 119 (Wednesday, July 12, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2354-S2355]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            VOTE EXPLANATION

  Mr. KING. Mr. President, I rise to provide a brief statement on the 
motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Xochitl Torres Small, of 
New Mexico, to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture. I was unable to 
attend the vote because I joined a bipartisan congressional delegation 
to the 2023 NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. Had I been here on 
Monday, July 10, 2023, I would have voted yea on the cloture motion on 
vote No. 173.
  I rise to provide a brief statement on the nomination votes on July 
11, 2023. I was unable to attend the votes because I joined a 
bipartisan congressional delegation to the 2023 NATO Summit in Vilnius, 
Lithuania. Had I been here on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, I would have 
voted in yea on vote No. 174, the confirmation of Executive Calendar 
No. 178 Xochitl Torres Small, of New Mexico, to be Deputy Secretary of 
Agriculture.
  I rise to provide a brief statement on the nomination votes on July 
11, 2023. I was unable to attend the votes because I joined a 
bipartisan congressional delegation to the 2023 NATO Summit in Vilnius, 
Lithuania. Had I been here on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, I would have 
voted in yea on vote No. 175, the motion to invoke cloture on Executive 
Calendar No. 56 Rosemarie Hidalgo, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Director of the Violence Against Women Office, Department of Justice.
  I rise to provide a brief statement on the nomination votes on July 
11, 2023. I was unable to attend the votes because I joined a 
bipartisan congressional delegation to the 2023 NATO Summit in Vilnius, 
Lithuania. Had I been here on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, I would have 
voted in yea on vote No. 176, the motion to invoke cloture on Executive 
Calendar No. 33 Kymberly Kathryn Evanson, of Washington, to be United 
States District Judge for the Western District of Washington.
  I rise to provide a brief statement on the nomination votes on July 
11, 2023. I was unable to attend the votes because I joined a 
bipartisan congressional delegation to the 2023 NATO Summit in Vilnius, 
Lithuania. Had I been here on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, I would have 
voted in yea on vote No. 177, the confirmation of Executive Calendar 
No. 56 Rosemarie Hidalgo, of the District of Columbia, to be Director 
of the Violence Against Women Office, Department of Justice.
  I rise to provide a brief statement on the nomination votes on July 
11, 2023. I was unable to attend the votes because I joined a 
bipartisan congressional delegation to the 2023 NATO Summit in Vilnius, 
Lithuania. Had I been here on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, I would have 
voted in yea on vote No. 178, the confirmation of Executive Calendar 
No. 33 Kymberly Kathryn Evanson, of Washington, to be United States 
District Judge for the Western District of Washington.
  I rise to provide a brief statement on the nomination votes on July 
11, 2023. I was unable to attend the votes because I joined a 
bipartisan congressional delegation to the 2023 NATO Summit in Vilnius, 
Lithuania. Had I been here on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, I would have 
voted in yea on vote No. 179, the motion to invoke cloture on Executive 
Calendar No. 8 Tiffany M. Cartwright,

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of Washington, to be United States District Judge for the Western 
District of Washington.

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