[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 9370]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            VOTE EXPLANATION

 Mr. RUBIO. Mr. President, I am a proud cosponsor of the 
Compressive Addiction and Recovery Act, or CARA, a bill that would help 
Americans in the fight against the opioid and heroin epidemic sweeping 
across our Nation. Due to the Orlando tragedy that took place on 
Sunday, I was unable to be present today to vote in favor of going to 
conference on CARA to finalize the legislation and further assist 
Americans in their battle against addiction. If I were present during 
the vote, I would have voted in favor of going to conference on 
CARA.

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