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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. 543.
  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.

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  The bill clerk read the nomination of Stephen Hahn, of Texas, to be 
Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of Health and Human 
Services.


                             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 bill clerk read as follows:

                             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 Stephen Hahn, of Texas, to be Commissioner of Food and 
     Drugs, Department of Health and Human Services.
         Mitch McConnell, Thom Tillis, Richard Burr, Pat Roberts, 
           John Cornyn, John Hoeven, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Roger F. 
           Wicker, James Lankford, John Boozman, James E. Risch, 
           John Barrasso, John Thune, Roy Blunt, Lamar Alexander, 
           Mike Braun, Shelley Moore Capito.

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