[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 157 (Monday, October 2, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S6251]
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 PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
  The 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 Callista L. Gingrich, of Virginia, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to the Holy See.
         Mitch McConnell, Bob Corker, Johnny Isakson, Patrick J. 
           Toomey, Richard Burr, Orrin G. Hatch, Roger F. Wicker, 
           Tom Cotton, James Lankford, Pat Roberts, Ron Johnson, 
           Richard C. Shelby, Cory Gardner, John Thune, James E. 
           Risch, Deb Fischer, David Perdue.

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
mandatory quorum call with respect to the cloture motion be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The Senator from Connecticut.