[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 4 (Wednesday, January 9, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
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                                         Wednesday, January 9, 2019

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S77-S109
Measures Introduced: Thirteen bills and two resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 60-72, and S. Res. 12-13.          
  Page S103
Measures Passed:
  Majority Party's Membership on Certain Committees: Senate agreed to 
S. Res. 12, to constitute the majority party's membership on certain 
committees for the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress, or until their 
successors are chosen.                                         
  Page S87
  Minority Party's Membership on Certain Committees: Senate agreed to 
S. Res. 13, to constitute the minority party's membership on certain 
committees for the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress, or until their 
successors are chosen.                                         
  Page S87
Measures Considered:
Strengthening America's Security in the Middle East Act--Agreement: 
Senate continued 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.                                     
  Pages S79-87, S87-99
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill at 
approximately 10 a.m., on Thursday, January 10, 2019; and that 
notwithstanding the provisions of Rule XXII, the vote on the motion to 
invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill 
occur at 1:45 p.m.                                        
Pages S106-07
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Heath P. Tarbert, of Maryland, to be Chairman of the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission.
  Heath P. Tarbert, of Maryland, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission for a term expiring April 13, 2024.
  Michael Graham, of Kansas, to be a Member of the National 
Transportation Safety Board for a term expiring December 31, 2020.
  Jennifer L. Homendy, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National 
Transportation Safety Board for a term expiring December 31, 2024.
  Andrew Wheeler, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency.
  Geoffrey William Seiji Okamoto, of California, to be Deputy Under 
Secretary of the Treasury.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.                   
Page S109
Messages from the House:                                      
  Page S100
Measures Referred:                                            
  Page S100
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                              
  Page S101
Measures Read the First Time:                                 
  Page S101
Executive Communications:                                 
  Pages S101-02
Petitions and Memorials:                                  
  Pages S102-03
Additional Cosponsors:                                        
  Page S103
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:               
  Pages S103-06
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S99-S100
Privileges of the Floor:                                      
  Page S106
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:44 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Thursday, January 10, 2019. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S106-07.)