[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 113 (Monday, July 8, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D785-D786]
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                                               Monday, July 8, 2019

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4683-S4703
Measures Introduced: Four bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2054-
2057.                                                        
  Page S4698
Measures Reported:
  S. Res. 34, expressing the sense of the Senate that the Governments 
of Burma and Bangladesh ensure the safe, dignified, voluntary, and 
sustainable return of the Rohingya refugees who have been displaced by 
the campaign of ethnic cleansing conducted by the Burmese military and 
to immediately release unjustly imprisoned journalists, Wa Lone and 
Kyaw Soe Oo, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and with 
an amended preamble.
  S. 1895, to lower health care costs, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute.                                             
Page S4698
Measures Passed:
  American Grown Flower Month: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
Forestry was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 208, 
expressing support for the designation of July as ``American Grown 
Flower Month'', and the resolution was then agreed to.       
  Page S4700
Bress Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Daniel Aaron Bress, of California, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit.                     
  Pages S4685-89
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 50 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. EX. 190), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                   
Page S4689
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that 
notwithstanding Rule XXII, that the post-cloture time on the nomination 
expire at 4:30 p.m., on Tuesday, July 9, 2019; that following 
disposition of the nomination, Senate vote on the pending motions to 
invoke cloture on the following nominations in the order listed: T. 
Kent Wetherell II, to be United States District Judge for the Northern 
District of Florida, Damon Ray Leichty, to be United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of Indiana, and J. Nicholas Ranjan, to 
be United States District Judge for the Western District of 
Pennsylvania; and that if cloture is invoked, the votes on confirmation 
of the nominations occur on Wednesday, July 10, 2019, at a time to be 
determined by the Majority Leader, in consultation with the Democratic 
Leader.                                                      
Page S4689
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination, post-cloture, at approximately 10 
a.m., on Tuesday, July 9, 2019.                              
Page S4700
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Yuri Kim, of Guam, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Albania.
  R. Austin Huffaker, Jr., of Alabama, to be United States District 
Judge for the Middle District of Alabama.
  Kerry Lee Pettingill, of Oklahoma, to be United States Marshal for 
the Eastern District of Oklahoma for the term of four years.
  Lee Philip Rudofsky, of Arkansas, to be United States District Judge 
for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
  1 Coast Guard nomination in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, and Navy.        
Pages S4700-03
Messages from the House:                                 
  Pages S4696-97
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
  Page S4697
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S4697-98
Additional Cosponsors:                                
  Pages S4699-S4700
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S4695-96
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S4700
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--190) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 6:50 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 9, 2019. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4700.)

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