[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 19 (Wednesday, January 30, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
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                                        Wednesday, January 30, 2019

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S755-S774
Measures Introduced: Sixteen bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 269-284, and S.J. Res. 7.                      
  Page S769
Measures Considered:
Strengthening America's Security in the Middle East Act--Agreement: 
Senate continued 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, taking action on the following 
amendment proposed thereto:                               
  Pages S756-63
  Pending:
  McConnell Amendment No. 65, to express the sense of the Senate that 
the United States faces continuing threats from terrorist groups 
operating in Syria and Afghanistan and that the precipitous withdrawal 
of United States forces from either country could put at risk hard-won 
gains and United States national security.                    
Page S756
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10 a.m., on Thursday, 
January 31, 2019; and that notwithstanding Rule XXII, Senate vote on 
the motion to invoke cloture on McConnell Amendment No. 65 (listed 
above), at 3:30 p.m.                                          
Page S773
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Mark Schultz, of Nebraska, to be Commissioner of the Rehabilitation 
Services Administration, Department of Education.
  Robert L. King, of Kentucky, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Postsecondary Education, Department of Education.
  10 Coast Guard nominations in the rank of admiral.
  52 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.             
Pages S773-74
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages S769-70
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:               
  Pages S770-71
Additional Statements:                                    
  Pages S766-69
Amendments Submitted:                                     
  Pages S771-73
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon and adjourned at 3:16 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Thursday, January 31, 2019. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S773.)