[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 9811]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            VOTE EXPLANATION

  Mr. BIDEN. Mr. President, as was announced yesterday, I was not able 
to be here for the vote on the amendment offered by Senator Hutchison, 
No. 3152, which includes service academy cadets and midshipmen in the 
military's disability discharge and retirement system and allows ROTC 
cadets to use TRICARE supplemental health care programs when they are 
injured during training. This amendment makes an important improvement 
to the health care of our future military leaders, and I would like the 
record to reflect that, had I been here, I would have voted for that 
amendment which passed unanimously.

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