[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Pages 12979-12980]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           VOTE EXPLANATIONS

  Ms. LANDRIEU. Madam President, I regret having missed the July 31, 
2013, vote on the confirmation of Byron Jones, of Minnesota, to be 
director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. Had I 
been present, I would have voted in favor of the confirmation of Mr. 
Jones.
  I also regret having missed three votes on August 1, 2013. The three 
votes that I missed are as follows: the nomination of Raymond Chen to 
be a United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit; cloture on S. 
1243, Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations; and the nomination of Samantha Power to serve 
as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations. Had I been 
present, I would have voted in favor of all three votes.
  Ms. HEITKAMP. Madam President, I was unable to cast my vote earlier 
this week on the nomination of James

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Comey to be the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, 
and the nominees for the National Labor Relations Board.
  Had I been present, I would have voted to confirm Mr. Comey as FBI 
Director and would have voted in support of the motions to invoke 
cloture and confirmation of the nominations of Kent Hirozawa, Nancy 
Schiffer, and Mark Pearce to be members of the National Labor Relations 
Board.

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