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                            VOTE EXPLANATION

  Mr. REED. Mr. President, I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote 
No. 297, the confirmation of Executive Calendar No. 111, Brett Shumate, 
of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General. Had I been present, I 
would have voted no.
  I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 298, the motion to 
invoke cloture on Executive Calendar No. 49, David Fotouhi, of 
Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency. Had I been present, I would have voted no.
  I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 299, the confirmation 
of Executive Calendar No. 49, David Fotouhi, of Virginia, to be Deputy 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Had I been 
present, I would have voted no.
  I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 300, the motion to 
invoke cloture on Executive Calendar No. 112, Stephen Vaden, of 
Tennessee, to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture. Had I been present, I 
would have voted no.
  I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 301, the confirmation 
of Executive Calendar No. 112, Stephen Vaden, of Tennessee, to be 
Deputy Secretary of Agriculture. Had I been present, I would have voted 
no.
  I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 302, the motion to 
invoke cloture on Executive Calendar No. 117, Andrew Hughes, of Texas, 
to be Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Had I been 
present, I would have voted no.
  I was necessarily absent for rollcall vote No. 303, the confirmation 
of Executive Calendar No. 117, Andrew Hughes, of Texas, to be Deputy 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Had I been present, I would 
have voted no.

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