[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 23569]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            VOTE EXPLANATION

  Mr. NELSON of Florida. Mr. President, I would like the Record to 
reflect that I was necessarily absent for the votes on the 
confirmations of Brian Edward Sandoval to be U.S. District Judge for 
the District of Nevada, Vote No. 265, and Harry Sandlin Mattice, Jr., 
to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Vote 
No. 266, on Monday, October 24, 2005, so I could assess the impact of 
Hurricane Wilma on Florida. Had I been present for these votes, I would 
have voted in favor of both nominations.

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