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EXECUTIVE SESSION; Congressional Record Vol. 165, No. 155
(Senate - September 25, 2019)

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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. 450.
  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 Eugene 
Scalia, of Virginia, to be Secretary of Labor.


                             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:

                             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 Eugene Scalia, of Virginia, to be Secretary of Labor.
         Lamar Alexander, Mike Braun, Pat Roberts, John Boozman, 
           John Thune, Johnny Isakson, Mike Crapo, John Hoeven, 
           Roger F. Wicker, Mike Rounds, Cory Gardner, Steve 
           Daines, Tim Scott, Shelley Moore Capito, John Barrasso, 
           Jerry Moran, Mitch McConnell.

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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