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On the recordJuly 12, 2023
Mr. President, I rise to provide a brief statement on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Xochitl Torres Small, of New Mexico, to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture. I was unable to attend the vote because I joined a bipartisan congressional delegation to the 2023 NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. Had I been here on Monday, July 10, 2023, I would have voted yea on the cloture motion on vote No. 173. I rise to provide a brief statement on the nomination votes on July 11, 2023. I was unable to attend the votes because I joined a bipartisan congressional delegation to the 2023 NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. Had I been here on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, I would have voted in yea on vote No. 174, the confirmation of Executive Calendar No. 178 Xochitl Torres Small, of New Mexico, to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture. I rise to provide a brief statement on the nomination votes on July 11, 2023. I was unable to attend the votes because I joined a bipartisan congressional delegation to the 2023 NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. Had I been here on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, I would have voted in yea on vote No. 175, the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar No. 56 Rosemarie Hidalgo, of the District of Columbia, to be Director of the Violence Against Women Office, Department of Justice. I rise to provide a brief statement on the nomination votes on July 11, 2023.…
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Angus King
Independent · Maine

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