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On the recordMarch 14, 2017
on rollcall vote No. 86, the confirmation of the nomination of Seema Verma to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, I was not recorded because I was absent due to a flight delay. Had I been present, I would have voted nay. ____________________
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Gary Peters
Democratic · Michigan
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Mar 14, 2017

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