[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 83 (Monday, May 15, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S2924]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. 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 Terry Branstad, of Iowa, to be Ambassador Extraordinary 
     and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the 
     People's Republic of China.
         Mitch McConnell, Jeff Flake, Bob Corker, Roger F. Wicker, 
           Cory Gardner, Marco Rubio, John Boozman, Pat Roberts, 
           Joni Ernst, Mike Rounds, Todd Young, Rob Portman, John 
           Thune, Chuck Grassley, Richard Burr, James M. Inhofe, 
           John Cornyn.

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
mandatory quorum call with respect to the cloture motion be waived.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.

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