[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 142 (Tuesday, September 5, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S3890]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            VOTE EXPLANATION

  Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, on Thursday, July 27, due to the sudden 
hospitalization of my mother, it was necessary for me to leave 
Washington before the Senate concluded voting on the National Defense 
Authorization Act. My Congressional Record statement explaining my 
absence that afternoon is included below.
  While I was present for the vast majority of votes on the National 
Defense Authorization Act, I was forced to miss four due to my 
unexpected and sudden departure. The outcomes of these votes were 
unaffected by my absence, but I wish for the Record to reflect how I 
would have voted had I not left to be with my mother in Pennsylvania: 
yea on Schatz amendment 1078, vote No. 209; yea on Rubio amendment 523, 
vote No. 210; yea on Reed amendment 1087, vote No. 211; and yea on 
passage of the bill, the National Defense Authorization Act, vote No. 
212.
  My mother, Ellen Harding Casey, died peacefully at Regional Hospital, 
Scranton on August 11. I was grateful to have the chance to be with her 
during her final illness.

                                                    July 27, 2023.

               MISSED VOTES FOR FAMILY MEDICAL EMERGENCY

       Mr. CASEY. Due to my mother's sudden hospitalization for a 
     serious illness, I need to leave Washington unexpectedly and 
     immediately. As a result, I will miss the vote on final 
     passage of the National Defense Authorization Act, as well as 
     any remaining amendment votes. I would like the Congressional 
     Record to reflect that I support final passage of this 
     legislation. When I return to Washington following the August 
     work period, I will submit another statement to the Record 
     detailing how I would have cast my vote on each of the 
     amendment votes I was forced to miss.

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