On the recordJanuary 11, 2018
I was necessarily absent for votes relative to the nominations of Michael Lawrence Brown to be a U.S. district judge for the Northern District of Georgia and Walter David Counts III to be a U.S. district judge for the Western District of Texas. On vote No. 7, had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on confirmation of the Brown nomination. On vote No. 8, had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on the motion to invoke cloture on the Counts nomination. (At the request of Mr. Schumer, the following statement was ordered to be printed in the Record.) ____________________
