[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 93 (Tuesday, June 4, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D618-D619]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                              Tuesday, June 4, 2019

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to S. Res. 212, Women's Suffrage Centennial.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3171-S3221
Measures Introduced: Fourteen bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1703-1716, and S. Res. 228-230.   
  Page S3215
Measures Reported:
  S. Con. Res. 15, expressing support for the designation of October 
28, 2019, as ``Honoring the Nation's First Responders Day''. (S. Rept. 
No. 116-43)                                                  
Page S3215
Measures Passed:
  Enrollment Correction: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 45, directing 
the Clerk of the House to make a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 
2157.                                                        
  Page S3179
  Women's Suffrage Centennial Commemorative Coin Act: Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of S. 1235, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to 
mint coins in commemoration of ratification of the 19th Amendment to 
the Constitution of the United States, giving women in the United 
States the right to vote, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing 
to the following amendment proposed thereto:             
  Pages S3197-98
  Blackburn (for Barrasso) Amendment No. 251, to add Esther Hobart 
Morris to a list of suffrage activists.                  
Pages S3197-98
  D-Day 75th Anniversary: Senate agreed to S. Res. 135, expressing the 
gratitude and appreciation of the Senate for the acts of heroism and 
valor by the members of the United States Armed Forces who participated 
in the June 6, 1944, amphibious landing at Normandy, France, and 
commending those individuals for leadership and bravery in an operation 
that helped bring an end to World War II.             
  Pages S3199-S3200
  Honoring Former Senator Thad Cochran: Senate agreed to S. Res. 229, 
relative to the death of the Honorable William Thad Cochran, former 
United States Senator for the State of Mississippi.          
  Page S3200
  Women's Suffrage Centennial: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 212, celebrating the 
100th anniversary of the passage and ratification of the 19th 
Amendment, providing for women's suffrage, to the Constitution of the 
United States, and the resolution was then agreed to by a unanimous 
vote of 93 yeas (Vote No. 132).                              
  Page S3200
  Senior Corps: Senate agreed to S. Res. 230, recognizing the 
significant milestone of Senior Corps volunteers serving 50,000,000 
hours in 2018.                                               
  Page S3221
Schenker Nomination--Cloture: By 83 yeas to 10 nays (Vote No. EX. 134), 
Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the nomination 
of David Schenker, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary of State 
(Near Eastern Affairs).                                      
  Page S3201
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, June 5, 2019, Senate resume 
consideration of the nomination, as under the order of Monday, June 3, 
2019.                                                        
Page S3221
Tarbert Nomination--Cloture: By 82 yeas to 9 nays (Vote No. EX. 135), 
Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the nomination 
of Heath P. Tarbert, of Maryland, to be Chairman of the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission.                                  
  Page S3201
Tarbert Nomination--Cloture: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Heath P. Tarbert, of Maryland, to be a Commissioner of 
the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.                
  Pages S3201-02
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:

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  By 83 yeas to 10 nays (Vote No. EX. 136), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                   
Page S3202
Combs, Holte, Alston, and Hertling Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-
consent agreement was reached providing that notwithstanding the 
provisions of Rule XXII, if cloture is invoked on the nomination of 
Susan Combs, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior, 
Senate vote on confirmation of the nomination at 1:45 p.m., on 
Wednesday, June 5, 2019; that following disposition of the nomination 
of Susan Combs, Senate vote on the motions to invoke cloture on the 
nominations of Ryan T. Holte, of Ohio, to be a Judge of the United 
States Court of Federal Claims, Rossie David Alston, Jr., of Virginia, 
to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of 
Virginia, and Richard A. Hertling, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the 
United States Court of Federal Claims, in the order listed; and that if 
cloture is invoked on those nominations, the votes on confirmation of 
the nominations occur at a time to be determined by the Majority 
Leader, in consultation with the Democratic Leader.          
  Page S3203
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 77 yeas to 16 nays (Vote No. EX. 133), Andrew M. Saul, of New 
York, to be Commissioner of Social Security for the term expiring 
January 19, 2025.   
Pages S3171-79, S3179-81, S3181-97, S3200-01, S3221
Messages from the House:                                     
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Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S3210-13
Petitions and Memorials:                                 
  Pages S3213-15
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S3215-18
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S3218-21
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S3209
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S3221
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
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Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S3221
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--136) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned, as a further 
mark of respect to the memory of the late Senator William Thad Cochran, 
in accordance with S. Res. 229, at 7:43 p.m., until 9:30 a.m. on 
Wednesday, June 5, 2019. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the 
Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3221.)