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                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk.

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  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

                             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 Wesley Menezes, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary 
     of Energy.
         Mitch McConnell, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Todd Young, Pat 
           Roberts, Lamar Alexander, John Hoeven, Roy Blunt, Mike 
           Crapo, Martha McSally, Tom Cotton, Roger F. Wicker, 
           Mike Rounds, Joni Ernst, Cory Gardner, Thom Tillis, 
           Shelley Moore Capito, James E. Risch.

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
mandatory quorum call be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The Senator from Nevada.