[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 13215]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            VOTE EXPLANATION

  Mr. JOHNSON. Mr. President, I was necessarily absent for the rollcall 
vote on passage of H.R. 5985 due to my appointment by President Obama 
as representative to the 71st Session of the General Assembly of the 
United Nations. I am in full agreement with the Senate's unanimous 
approval to extend expiring authorities of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs. Had I been present, I would have joined my colleagues in 
voting yea.

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