[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 179 (Tuesday, November 13, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6908-S6909]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
CLOTURE MOTION
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before
the Senate the pending cloture motion, which the clerk will state.
The senior assistant bill clerk (Lindsay Gibmeyer) 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 motion to
concur in the House amendment to accompany S. 140, an act to
amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights
Quantification Act of 2010 to clarify the use of amounts in
the WMAT Settlement Fund with a further amendment.
Mitch McConnell, John Thune, Roy Blunt, Johnny Isakson,
Mike Rounds, Jon Kyl, Tom Cotton, Roger F. Wicker, Thom
Tillis, John Boozman, Steve Daines, John Barrasso,
David Perdue, Pat Roberts, John Hoeven, Mike Crapo,
Lindsey Graham.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum
call has been waived.
The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate that debate on the
motion to concur in the House amendment to S. 140, an act to amend the
White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to
clarify the use of amounts in the WMAT Settlement Fund, with the
amendment No. 4054, as modified, offered by the Senator from Kentucky
[Mr. McConnell], be brought to a close?
The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule.
The clerk will call the roll.
The legislative clerk called the roll.
Mr. CORNYN. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator
from Georgia (Mr. Isakson).
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Missouri (Mrs.
McCaskill) is necessarily absent.
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Rubio). Are there any other Senators in
the Chamber desiring to vote?
The result was announced--yeas 93, nays 5, as follows:
[Rollcall Vote No. 240 Leg.]
YEAS--93
Alexander
Baldwin
Barrasso
Bennet
Blumenthal
Blunt
Booker
Boozman
Brown
Burr
Cantwell
Capito
Carper
Casey
Cassidy
Collins
Coons
Corker
Cornyn
Cortez Masto
Cotton
Crapo
Cruz
Daines
Donnelly
Duckworth
Durbin
Enzi
Ernst
Fischer
Flake
Gardner
Graham
Grassley
Hassan
Hatch
Heinrich
Heitkamp
Heller
Hirono
Hoeven
Hyde-Smith
Inhofe
Johnson
Jones
Kaine
Kennedy
King
Klobuchar
Kyl
Lankford
Leahy
Lee
Manchin
Markey
McConnell
Menendez
Merkley
Moran
Murkowski
Murphy
Murray
Nelson
Paul
Perdue
Peters
Portman
Reed
Risch
Roberts
Rounds
Rubio
Sasse
Schatz
Schumer
Scott
Shaheen
Shelby
Smith
Stabenow
Sullivan
Tester
Thune
Tillis
Toomey
Udall
Van Hollen
Warner
Warren
Whitehouse
Wicker
Wyden
Young
NAYS--5
Cardin
Feinstein
Gillibrand
Harris
Sanders
NOT VOTING--2
Isakson
McCaskill
The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote the yeas are 93, the nays are 5.
Three-fifths of Senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the
affirmative, the motion is agreed to.
The Senator from Montana.
Tribute to Jason Gleason
Mr. DAINES. Mr. President, on the heels of Veteran's Day and in honor
of President Trump's designating November 2018 as National Veterans and
Military Families Month, I have the distinct pleasure of recognizing
Jason Gleason of Great Falls, MT, for his
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dedication to serving veterans in North Central Montana.
Jason serves as a nurse practitioner in the Great Falls VA Community
Based Outpatient Clinic and has become one of the most sought-after
experts in veterans' healthcare. A veteran himself, Jason spent 20
years in the Montana Air National Guard, retiring as lieutenant
colonel.
During his time in the Guard, he served as officer in charge of
health promotion, medical readiness, staff development, and as
assistant chief nurse, where he gained a great deal of knowledge and
experience caring for fellow servicemembers.
Jason retired from the Air National Guard in 2015, and since then he
has dedicated himself to providing exceptional healthcare to Montana
veterans. He has built and maintained a patient panel that is at 110
percent capacity and has 1,000 patients. When another provider recently
retired, he stepped up and took over the patient panel and provided
care to another 556 veterans.
Jason has worked to improve the overall Montana VA system. He has
recruited and mentored other nurse practitioners, which helped fill
critical positions in the VA system. Jason also participated in a VA
residency program that trains providers to better serve our women
veterans.
In 2011, he experienced a deep personal tragedy when his wife of 16
years, Heather, passed away from a stroke, leaving him a widower with
three children. After his wife's death, he dedicated himself to
becoming an expert on strokes.
He regularly speaks to healthcare providers across the country about
stroke prevention and treatment and received the Montana State
Department of Health and Human Services Stroke Hero of the Year Award.
Montana is incredibly lucky to have a healthcare professional like
Jason Gleason serving our veterans. He is truly an excellent example of
someone who puts service before self. He understands that his service
to our country did not end with his service in the military.
I want to personally congratulate and thank Jason for his excellent
work.
Thank you, Mr. President.
I yield the floor.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Montana.
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