[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 577]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            VOTE EXPLANATION

 Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I regret missing the vote on the 
motion to invoke cloture on the veto message on S.J. Res. 22, a bill 
that would block implementation of the Waters of the United States rule 
and prevent the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of 
Engineers from reissuing a regulation that is substantially similar in 
the future. I voted against S.J. Res. 22 last fall and, had I been 
present, I would have voted to uphold the President's veto. While this 
rule is not perfect, it provides important environmental protection 
efforts.

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