EXECUTIVE SESSION; Congressional Record Vol. 165, No. 151
(Senate - September 19, 2019)

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                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, I move to proceed to executive 
session to consider Calendar No. 176.
  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 Joseph 
Cella, of Michigan, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 
of the United States of America to the Republic of Fiji, and to serve 
concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador 
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to 
the Republic of Kiribati, the Republic of Nauru, the Kingdom of Tonga, 
and Tuvalu.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. McCONNELL. Madam 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 Joseph Cella, of Michigan, to be Ambassador Extraordinary 
     and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the 
     Republic of Fiji, and to serve concurrently and without 
     additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and 
     Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the 
     Republic of Kiribati, the Republic of Nauru, the Kingdom of 
     Tonga, and Tuvalu.
         Mitch McConnell, David Perdue, John Cornyn, John 
           Barrasso, Mike Crapo, John Thune, Tim Scott, John 
           Hoeven, Shelley Moore Capito, Kevin Cramer, John 
           Boozman, Steve Daines, Richard Burr, James E. Risch, 
           Roy Blunt, Thom Tillis, Martha McSally.

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