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On the recordSeptember 11, 2017
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Flake), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott), and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Strange). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio) would have voted ``yea.''
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John Cornyn
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