EXECUTIVE SESSION; Congressional Record Vol. 166, No. 3
(Senate - January 07, 2020)

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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. 554.
  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 bill clerk read the nomination of Paul J. Ray, of Tennessee, to 
be Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. McCONNELL. 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 Paul J. Ray, of Tennessee, to be Administrator of the 
     Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
     Management and Budget.
         Mitch McConnell, John Boozman, James M. Inhofe, John 
           Barrasso, Roy Blunt, Todd Young, Shelley Moore Capito, 
           Michael B. Enzi, Lisa Murkowski, John Cornyn, Steve 
           Daines, Lindsey Graham, Chuck Grassley, Josh Hawley, 
           Roger F. Wicker, Marsha Blackburn.

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

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