[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 81 (Wednesday, May 15, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D538-D539]
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                                            Wednesday, May 15, 2019

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2845-2892
Measures Introduced: Twenty-eight bills and two resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1471-1498, S. Res. 211, and S. Con. Res. 16.
                                                         Pages S2883-84
Measures Reported:
  H.R. 540, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 770 Ayrault Road in Fairport, New York, as the 
``Louise and Bob Slaughter Post Office''.
  H.R. 828, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 25 Route 111 in Smithtown, New York, as the 
``Congressman Bill Carney Post Office''.
  H.R. 829, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1450 Montauk Highway in Mastic, New York, as the 
``Army Specialist Thomas J. Wilwerth Post Office Building''.
  S. 347, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 40 Fulton Street in Middletown, New York, as the ``Benjamin 
A. Gilman Post Office Building''.
  S. 1196, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1715 Linnerud Drive in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, as 
the ``Fire Captain Cory Barr Post Office Building''.         
Page S2882
Measures Passed:
  National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month: Committee on 
the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 178, 
recognizing and supporting the goals and ideals of National Sexual 
Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, and the resolution was then 
agreed to.                                               
  Pages S2877-78
Appointments:
  Congressional Budget Office: The Chair made the following 
announcement: The President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker 
of the House of Representatives, pursuant to the provisions of Section 
201(a)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, have appointed Dr. 
Phillip Swagel as Director of the Congressional Budget Office, 
effective June 3, 2019, for the term expiring January 3, 2023. 
                                                             Page S2892
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the issuance of 
an Executive Order declaring a national emergency to deal with the 
threat posed by the unrestricted acquisition or use in the United 
States of information and communications technology or services 
designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied by persons owned by, 
controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of foreign 
adversaries; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs. (PM-17)                               
Pages S2880-81
Vitter Nomination--Agreement: By 51 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. EX. 111), 
Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the nomination 
of Wendy Vitter, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Louisiana.                                       
  Page S2878
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that Senate 
resume consideration of the nomination, post-cloture, at approximately 
10 a.m., on Thursday, May 16, 2019.                          
Page S2892
Bulatao Nomination--Cloture: By 90 yeas to 5 nays (Vote No. EX. 112), 
Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the nomination 
of Brian J. Bulatao, of Texas, to be an Under Secretary of State 
(Management).                                            
  Pages S2878-79
Rosen Nomination--Cloture: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Jeffrey A. Rosen, of Virginia, to be Deputy Attorney 
General, Department of Justice.                              
  Page S2879
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 52 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. EX. 113), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                   
Page S2879
Vitter, Bulatao, and Rosen Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing that notwithstanding Rule XXII, the 
votes on confirmation of the nominations of Wendy Vitter, to be United 
States District Judge for the

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Eastern District of Louisiana, and Brian J. Bulatao, of Texas, to be an 
Under Secretary of State (Management), occur at 12 noon, on Thursday, 
May 16, 2019, and the vote on confirmation of the nomination of Jeffrey 
A. Rosen, of Virginia, to be Deputy Attorney General, Department of 
Justice, occur at 1:45 p.m., on Thursday, May 16, 2019.      
  Page S2856
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 52 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. EX. 110), Kenneth Kiyul Lee, of 
California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit. 
                                           Pages S2845-77, S2878, S2892
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S2881
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S2881
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                     
  Pages S2877, S2881
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S2881-82
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S2882-83
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S2884-87
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S2887-91
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S2880
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S2891-82
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S2892
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--113) 
                                                         Pages S2878-79
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:30 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Thursday, May 16, 2019. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S2892.)