[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 130 (Thursday, July 27, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3740-S3741]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            VOTE EXPLANATION

 Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I was necessarily absent for 
rollcall vote No. 198, adoption of the Warnock amendment to provide 
enhanced protection against debt collector harassment of members of the 
Armed Forces (199). Had I been present for the vote, I would have voted 
yea.
  I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 199, adoption of the 
Cruz amendment to provide remedies to members of the Armed Forces 
discharged or subject to adverse action under the COVID-19 vaccine 
mandate (421). Had I been present for the vote, I would have voted nay.
  I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 200, adoption of the 
Wicker amendment to establish the Office of the Lead Inspector General 
for Ukraine Assistance (1055). Had I been present for the vote, I would 
have voted nay.
  I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 201, adoption of the 
Paul amendment to provide for the independent and objective conduct and 
supervision of audits and investigations relating to the programs and 
operations funded with amounts appropriated or otherwise made available 
to Ukraine for military, economic, and humanitarian aid (438). Had I 
been present for the vote, I would have voted nay.
  I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 202, adoption of the 
Barrasso amendment to require the Secretary of Energy to establish a 
Nuclear Fuel Security Program, expand the American Assured Fuel Supply 
Program, establish an HALEU for Advanced Nuclear

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Reactor Demonstration Projects Program, and submit a report on a civil 
nuclear credit program, and to enhance programs to build workforce 
capacity to meet critical mission needs of the Department of Energy 
(999). Had I been present for the vote, I would have voted yea.
  I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 203, adoption of the 
Sanders amendment to reduce military spending (1030). Had I been 
present for the vote, I would have voted nay.
  I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 204, adoption of the 
Marshall amendment to prohibit the flying, draping, or other display of 
any flag other than the flag of the United States at public buildings 
(874). Had I been present for the vote, I would have voted nay.
  I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 205, adoption of the 
Kennedy amendment to prohibit allocations of Special Drawing Rights at 
the International Monetary Fund for perpetrators of genocide and state 
sponsors of terrorism without congressional authorization (1034). Had I 
been present for the vote, I would have voted nay.
  I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 206, adoption of the 
Gillibrand amendment to amend title XXXIII of the Public Health Service 
Act with respect to funding for the World Trade Center Health Program 
(1065). Had I been present for the vote, I would have voted yea.
  I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 207, adoption of the 
Hawley amendment to extend the period for filing claims under the 
Radiation Exposure Compensation Act and to provide for compensation 
under such Act for claims relating to Manhattan Project waste, and to 
improve compensation for workers involved in uranium mining (1058). Had 
I been present for the vote, I would have voted yea.
  I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 208, adoption of the 
Menendez amendment to reauthorize the Firefighter Cancer Registry Act 
of 2018 (638). Had I been present for the vote, I would have voted yea.
  I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 209, adoption of the 
Schatz amendment to reauthorize the Native American Housing Assistance 
and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (1078). Had I been present for the 
vote, I would have voted yea.
  I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 210, adoption of the 
Rubio amendment to provide that sums in the Thrift Savings Fund may not 
be invested in securities that are listed on certain foreign exchanges 
(523). Had I been present for the vote, I would have voted nay.
  I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 211, adoption of the 
Reed-Wicker amendment: managers package (1087). Had I been present for 
the vote, I would have voted yea.
  I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 212, passage of S. 
2226, as amended, an original bill to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes. Had I been present for the vote, I would 
have voted yea.

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