[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 2 (Friday, January 4, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D15-D16]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                            Friday, January 4, 2019

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S25-S33
Measures Introduced: Two bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 28-29, and S.J. Res. 2-3.                      
  Pages S26-27
Measures Considered:
Strengthening America's Security in the Middle East Act--Cloture: 
Senate began consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of 
S. 1, to make improvements to certain defense and security assistance 
provisions and to authorize the appropriation of funds to Israel, to 
reauthorize the United States-Jordan Defense Cooperation Act of 2015, 
and to halt the wholesale slaughter of the Syrian people.      
  Page S31
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed 
to consideration of the bill, and, in accordance with the provisions of 
Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, and pursuant to the 
unanimous-consent agreement of Friday, January 4, 2019, a vote on 
cloture will occur at 5:30 p.m., on Tuesday, January 8, 2019. 
                                                               Page S31
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 3 p.m., on Tuesday, January 8, 2019, Senate resume 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill; 
and that notwithstanding the provisions of Rule XXII, the motion to 
invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill 
ripen at 5:30 p.m., on Tuesday, January 8, 2019.               
Page S32
Nominations Returned to the President: The following nominations were 
returned to the President failing of confirmation under Senate Rule 
XXXI at the time of the adjournment of the 115th Congress:
  Joseph E. Macmanus, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Colombia.
  Janet Dhillon, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2022.
  Joshua A. Deahl, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate 
Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals for the term of 
fifteen years.
  John J. Bartrum, of Indiana, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health 
and Human Services.
  Daniel M. Gade, of North Dakota, to be a Member of the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2021.
  Mark L. Greenblatt, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, Export-
Import Bank.
  Frederick M. Nutt, of Virginia, to be Controller, Office of Federal 
Financial Management, Office of Management and Budget.
  Adam I. Klein, of the District of Columbia, to be Chairman and Member 
of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board for the remainder of 
the term expiring January 29, 2018.
  Jonathan F. Mitchell, of Washington, to be Chairman of the 
Administrative Conference of the United States for the term of five 
years.
  Rainey R. Brandt, 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.
  Deborah J. Israel, 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.
  Ryan T. Holte, of Ohio, to be a Judge of the United States Court of 
Federal Claims for a term of fifteen years.
  Howard C. Nielson, Jr., of Utah, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Utah.
  Dennis M. Devaney, of Michigan, to be a Member of the United States 
International Trade Commission for a term expiring June 16, 2023.
  Randolph J. Stayin, of Virginia, to be a Member of the United States 
International Trade Commission for a term expiring June 16, 2026.
  Spencer Bachus III, of Alabama, 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.
  Spencer Bachus III, of Alabama, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States for a term 
expiring January 20, 2023.
  Judith Delzoppo Pryor, of Ohio, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States for a term 
expiring January 20, 2021.

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  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.
  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, 2023.
  David Christian Tryon, of Ohio, to be Chief Counsel for Advocacy, 
Small Business Administration.
  Frank M. Coffman, of Oklahoma, to be United States Marshal for the 
Eastern District of Oklahoma for the term of four years.
  John Edward Dupuy, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Office of 
Personnel Management.
  Robert M. Duncan, of Kentucky, to be a Governor of the United States 
Postal Service for a term expiring December 8, 2025.
  Calvin R. Tucker, of Pennsylvania, to be a Governor of the United 
States Postal Service for a term expiring December 8, 2023.
  Jeffrey Kessler, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce.
  David T. Fischer, of Michigan, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of 
Morocco.
  Chai Rachel Feldblum, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of 
the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for a term expiring July 1, 
2023.
  Gordon P. Giampietro, of Wisconsin, to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
  3 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army.                        
Page S33
Messages from the House:                                       
  Page S26
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                         
  Pages S25, S26
Measures Read the First Time:                         
  Pages S26, S31-32
Additional Cosponsors:                                         
  Page S27
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                
  Pages S27-30
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 11 a.m., until 
3 p.m. on Tuesday, January 8, 2019. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S32.)