[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Pages 8872-8873]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            VOTE EXPLANATION

 Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. President, today I would have cast my vote 
in

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favor of Scott Brown to represent the United States as Ambassador to 
New Zealand and Samoa. New Zealand has been a treaty ally of the United 
States since the signing of the Australia-New Zealand-United States 
Treaty in 1951. As a crucial partner and ally, the United States and 
New Zealand share core values of democracy, human rights, and liberty, 
and I believe it is imperative for the United States to maintain strong 
allegiance to our longstanding friends throughout the world.

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