[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 12, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D252-D253]
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                                            Tuesday, March 12, 2019

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1769-S1805
Measures Introduced: Twenty-seven bills and four resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 738-764, and S. Res. 104-107. 
                                                         Pages S1792-93
Measures Reported:
  S. 333, to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to work with 
cybersecurity consortia for training. (S. Rept. No. 116-5)   
Page S1792
Measures Passed:
  National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
105, supporting the designation of March 2019 as ``National Colorectal 
Cancer Awareness Month''.                                    
  Page S1799
  United Negro College Fund 75th Anniversary: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
106, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the United Negro College 
Fund.                                                        
  Page S1799
  Authorizing testimony and representation: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
107, to authorize testimony and representation in United States v. 
Taubert.                                                     
  Page S1799
  World Wildlife Day: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from 
further consideration of S. Res. 91, designating March 3, 2019, as 
``World Wildlife Day'', and the resolution was then agreed to, after 
agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                      Pages S1799-S1800
  McConnell (for Coons) Amendment No. 192, to amend the preamble. 
                                                             Page S1799
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the continuation of the 
national emergency with respect to Iran that was declared in Executive 
Order 12957 on March 15, 1995; which was referred to the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-6)                  
Page S1791
Rao Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Neomi J. Rao, of the District of Columbia, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit. 
                                                         Pages S1777-89
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 53 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. EX. 43), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                   
Page S1777
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that all post-
cloture time on the nomination expire at 12 noon, on Wednesday, March 
13, 2019; and that if cloture is invoked on the nomination of William 
Beach, of Kansas, to be Commissioner of Labor Statistics, Department of 
Labor, all post-cloture time expire at 1:45 p.m., on Wednesday, March 
13, 2019.                                                
Pages S1788-89
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination, post-cloture, at approximately 9:30 
a.m., on Wednesday, March 13, 2019.                          
Page S1800
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 54 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. EX. 42), Paul B. Matey, of New 
Jersey, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit. 
                                                  Pages S1776-77, S1805
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S1791
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S1791
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S1792
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S1793-94
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S1794-98
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S1789-91
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S1798
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S1798-99
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--43) 
                                                         Pages S1776-77
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:07 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S1800.)

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