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                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I move to proceed to executive session 
to consider Calendar No. 374.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion.
  The motion was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read the nomination of Mark T. 
Esper, of Virginia, to be Secretary of Defense.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:


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  On page S4936, July 18, 2019, third column, the following 
appears: The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the 
nomination. The senior assistant legislative clerk read the 
nomination of Mark T. Esper, of Virginia, to be Secretary of 
Defense. CLOTURE MOTION The PRESIDING OFFICER. Mr. President, I 
send a cloture motion to the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The 
cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair 
directs the clerk to read the motion. The senior assistant 
legislative clerk read as follows:
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: The PRESIDING 
OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination. The senior 
assistant legislative clerk read the nomination of Mark T. Esper, 
of Virginia, to be Secretary of Defense. CLOTURE MOTION Mr. 
McConnell. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk. The 
PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion. The 
senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:


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                             Cloture Motion

       We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the 
     provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, 
     do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination 
     of Mark T. Esper, of Virginia, to be Secretary of Defense.
         James M. Inhofe, John Hoeven, Mike Rounds, Joni Ernst, 
           Kevin Cramer, Ben Sasse, Pat Roberts, John Boozman, 
           Mike Crapo, Steve Daines, John Cornyn, James E. Risch, 
           Roger F. Wicker, Richard Burr, Thom Tillis, Roy Blunt, 
           Mitch McConnell.

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