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                            VOTE EXPLANATION

  Ms. HIRONO. Mr. President, I was necessarily absent for votes on May 
13, May 14, and May 15 so I could return to Hawaii to tend to a family 
matter.
  On May 13, had I been present, I would have voted nay on the cloture 
motion, motion to invoke cloture: Michael J. Truncale to be a United 
States District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas.
  On May 14, had I been present, I would have voted nay on the 
nomination, Confirmation of Michael J. Truncale to be a United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas and nay on the cloture 
motion, motion to invoke cloture: Kenneth Kiyul Lee to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit.
  On May 15, had I been present, I would have voted nay on the 
nomination, Confirmation of Kenneth Kiyul Lee to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, nay on the cloture motion, motion 
to invoke cloture: Wendy Vitter to be United States District Judge for 
the Eastern District of Louisiana, nay on the cloture motion, Motion to 
invoke cloture: Brian J. Bulatao to be an Under Secretary of State for 
Management, and nay on the cloture motion (motion to invoke cloture: 
Jeffrey A. Rosen to be Deputy Attorney General.
  (At the request of Mr. Schumer, the following statement was ordered 
to be printed in the Record.)

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