[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 18 (Thursday, January 25, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
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                                         Thursday, January 25, 2018

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S507-S526
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 2338-2348, and S. Res. 381-383. 
                                                          Pages S520-21
Measures Passed:
  Veteran PEER Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs was discharged from 
further consideration of S. 1873, to require the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to carry out a program to establish peer specialists in patient 
aligned care teams at medical centers of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following 
amendment proposed thereto:                               
  Pages S525-26
  McConnell (for Blunt) Amendment No. 1920, to modify the timeline for 
establishment of the program.                                 
Page S525
  National School Choice Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 381, 
designating the week of January 21 through January 27, 2018, as 
``National School Choice Week''.                              
  Page S526
  National Catholic Schools Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 382, 
supporting the contributions of Catholic schools.             
  Page S526
Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: A unanimous-consent agreement 
was reached providing that at approximately 2 p.m., on Monday, January 
29, 2018, Senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed to 
consideration of S. 2311, to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
protect pain-capable unborn children, with the time until 5:30 p.m. 
equally divided in the usual form; and notwithstanding the provisions 
of Rule XXII, the cloture motions filed during Wednesday, January 24, 
2018 session ripen in the order filed at 5:30 p.m., on Monday, January 
29, 2018.                                                     
  Page S526
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 89 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. EX. 24), R.D. James, of Missouri, to be 
an Assistant Secretary of the Army.                 
Pages S508-16, S526
  Jonathan H. Pittman, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate 
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 
fifteen years.                                         
Pages S518, S526
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Rohit Chopra, of New York, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner for the 
unexpired term of seven years from September 26, 2012.
  Noah Joshua Phillips, of Maryland, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner 
for the term of seven years from September 26, 2016.
  Joseph Simons, of Virginia, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner for 
the term of seven years from September 26, 2017.
  Christine S. Wilson, of Virginia, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner 
for the unexpired term of seven years from September 26, 2011.
  Christine S. Wilson, of Virginia, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner 
for the term of seven years from September 26, 2018.          
Page S526
Executive Communications:                                     
  Page S519
Executive Reports of Committees:                          
  Pages S519-20
Additional Cosponsors:                                        
  Page S521
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:               
  Pages S521-25
Additional Statements:                                    
  Pages S518-19
Amendments Submitted:                                         
  Page S525
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                           
  Page S525
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--24)    
  Page S516
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 4:01 p.m., 
until 2 p.m. on Monday, January 29, 2018. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S526.)

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