[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 28, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D201-D202]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                         Tuesday, February 28, 2017

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House and Senate met in a Joint Session to receive a message from 
      the President of the United States.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1457-S1507
Measures Introduced: Sixteen bills and four resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 462-477, S.J. Res. 25, and S. Res. 71-73. 
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Measures Passed:
  Authorizing Expenditures by Committees of the Senate: Senate agreed 
to S. Res. 62, authorizing expenditures by committees of the Senate for 
the periods March 1, 2017 through September 30, 2017, October 1, 2017 
through September 30, 2018, and October 1, 2018 through February 28, 
2019.                                                        
  Page S1506
  Venezuela: Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged from further 
consideration of S. Res. 35, expressing profound concern about the 
ongoing political, economic, social and humanitarian crisis in 
Venezuela, urging the release of political prisoners, and calling for 
respect of constitutional and democratic processes, including free and 
fair elections, and the resolution was then agreed to.       
  Page S1506
  Rare Disease Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 73, designating February 
28, 2017, as ``Rare Disease Day''.                           
  Page S1507
Red River Gradient Boundary Survey Act Referral--Agreement: A 
unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that S. 90, to survey 
the gradient boundary along the Red River in the States of Oklahoma and 
Texas, be discharged from the Committee on the Judiciary, and referred 
to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.            
  Page S1506
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting an address by the President delivered to a Joint Session 
of Congress on February 28, 2017; which was ordered to lie on the 
table. (PM-2)                                            
Pages S1495-98
Zinke Nomination--Agreement: Senate continued consideration of the 
nomination of Ryan Zinke, of Montana, to be Secretary of the Interior. 
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  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination at approximately 10 a.m., on Wednesday, 
March 1, 2017; that following Leader remarks there be 20 minutes of 
debate, equally divided, prior to the vote on confirmation of the 
nomination, followed by up to 10 minutes of debate, equally divided, 
prior to the vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of 
Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., of Florida, to be Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development, and if cloture is invoked on the nomination of 
Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., time be counted as if invoked at 1 a.m., on 
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Page S1507
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Todd Philip Haskell, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
the Congo.
  Tulinabo Salama Mushingi, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Senegal, and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea-Bissau. 
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Nominations Withdrawn: Senate received notification of withdrawal of 
the following nominations:
  David J. Arroyo, of New York, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term 
expiring January 31, 2022, which was sent to the Senate on January 4, 
2017.
  Mary Ellen Barbera, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the State Justice Institute for a term expiring September 
17, 2018, which was sent to the Senate on January 5, 2017.

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  David V. Brewer, of Oregon, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the State Justice Institute for a term expiring September 17, 2019, 
which was sent to the Senate on January 5, 2017.
  Christopher James Brummer, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for a term 
expiring June 19, 2021, which was sent to the Senate on January 17, 
2017.
  Charles R. Breyer, of California, to be a Member of the United States 
Sentencing Commission for a term expiring October 31, 2021, which was 
sent to the Senate on January 17, 2017.
  Rebecca Emily Rapp, of Wisconsin, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Legal Services Corporation for a term expiring July 
13, 2019, which was sent to the Senate on January 4, 2017.
  Jessica Rosenworcel, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of 
the Federal Communications Commission for a term of five years from 
July 1, 2015, which was sent to the Senate on January 4, 2017.
  Robert P. Storch, of the District of Columbia, to be Inspector 
General of the National Security Agency, which was sent to the Senate 
on January 4, 2017.
  Chase Rogers, of Connecticut, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the State Justice Institute for a term expiring September 
17, 2018, which was sent to the Senate on January 5, 2017.
  Claudia Slacik, of New York, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the Export-Import Bank of the United States for a term expiring 
January 20, 2019, which was sent to the Senate on January 5, 2017.
  Brian D. Quintenz, of the District of Columbia, to be a Commissioner 
of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for a term expiring April 
13, 2020, which was sent to the Senate on January 17, 2017.
  Danny C. Reeves, of Kentucky, to be a Member of the United States 
Sentencing Commission for a term expiring October 31, 2019, which was 
sent to the Senate on January 17, 2017.
  Andrew F. Puzder, of Tennessee, to be Secretary of Labor, which was 
sent to the Senate on January 20, 2017.
  Glenn Fine, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, Department of 
Defense, which was sent to the Senate on January 4, 2017.
  Brent Franklin Nelsen, of South Carolina, to be a Member of the Board 
of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term 
expiring January 31, 2022, which was sent to the Senate on January 4, 
2017.
  Michael P. Leary, of Pennsylvania, to be Inspector General, Social 
Security Administration, which was sent to the Senate on January 4, 
2017.
  Tulinabo Salama Mushingi, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Senegal, and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, which was 
sent to the Senate on January 4, 2017.
  Carolyn N. Lerner, of Maryland, to be Special Counsel, Office of 
Special Counsel, for the term of five years, which was sent to the 
Senate on January 4, 2017.
  Elizabeth A. Field, of the District of Columbia, to be Inspector 
General, Office of Personnel Management, which was sent to the Senate 
on January 4, 2017.
  Wilfredo Martinez, of Florida, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the State Justice Institute for a term expiring September 
17, 2019, which was sent to the Senate on January 5, 2017.
  Gayle A. Nachtigal, of Oregon, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the State Justice Institute for a term expiring September 
17, 2018, which was sent to the Senate on January 17, 2017.
  Jason E. Kearns, of Colorado, to be a Member of the United States 
International Trade Commission for the term expiring December 16, 2024, 
which was sent to the Senate on January 17, 2017.
  Todd Philip Haskell, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
the Congo, which was sent to the Senate on January 17, 2017. 
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Messages from the House:                                     
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Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S1498
Executive Communications:                             
  Pages S1498-S1500
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S1501-02
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S1502-06
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 10:16 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 1, 2017. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1507.)