[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 7104]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            VOTE EXPLANATION

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, due to the untimely loss of my beloved 
sister, Marilyn ``Nubs'' Hatch Kuch, I have been necessarily absent for 
a portion of the debate and votes on Wednesday, May 3 and Thursday, May 
4, 2006.
  Concerning the votes I missed, if I were present I would have voted 
as follows: nay for amendment No. 3616, striking funding to States 
based on their production of certain types of crops, livestock and/or 
dairy products; nay for amendment No. 3673, providing funds for 
assessments of critical reservoirs and dams in the State of Hawaii; nay 
for amendment No. 3601, allocating $1,000,000 for the monitoring of 
waters off the coast of the State of Hawaii; yea for amendment No. 
3704, allocating $20,000,000 from the AmeriCorps program to the 
Veterans Health Administration for medical facilities; yea for final 
passage of H.R. 4939, the Fiscal Year 2006 Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane 
Recovery; yea for Executive Calendar No. 617, the nomination of Brian 
M. Cogan of New York to be the U.S. District Judge for the Eastern 
District of New York; and yea for Executive Calendar No. 618, the 
nomination of Thomas M. Golden of Pennsylvania to be the U.S. District 
Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. None of these votes 
would have changed the final outcome.

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