The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Flake), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Sasse), and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey).
On the recordFebruary 6, 2017
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