[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 14197]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            VOTE EXPLANATION

  Mr. BIDEN. Mr. President, yesterday evening the Senate confirmed the 
nomination of Michael Chertoff to the United States Court of Appeals 
for the Third Circuit. I was in Delaware attending a funeral last 
evening and, accordingly, was unable to attend yesterday's vote on Mr. 
Chertoff's nomination. I wish to note for the record, however, that I 
would have voted for Mr. Chertoff's confirmation yesterday, having 
voted to report favorably his nomination from the Judiciary Committee 
last month.

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