[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 114 (Tuesday, July 9, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D791-D792]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                              Tuesday, July 9, 2019

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4705-4742
Measures Introduced: Nine bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2058-2066, and S. Res. 272-273.              
  Pages S4729-30
Measures Reported:
  S. 279, to allow tribal grant schools to participate in the Federal 
Employee Health Benefits Program. (S. Rept. No. 116-54)
  S. Res. 198, condemning Brunei's dramatic human rights backsliding, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and with an amended 
preamble.
  S. 1173, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the 
Emergency Medical Services for Children program.
  S. 1199, to amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend 
the poison center network program, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
  S. Con. Res. 10, recognizing that Chinese telecommunications 
companies such as Huawei and ZTE pose serious threats to the national 
security of the United States and its allies, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute and with an amended preamble.         
Page S4729
Measures Passed:
  Christa McAuliffe Commemorative Coin Act: Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs was discharged from further consideration of 
S. 239, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in 
recognition of Christa McAuliffe, and the bill was then passed, after 
agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:        
  Page S4739
  Thune (for Shaheen) Amendment No. 907, relating to date changes. 
                                                             Page S4739
  Encouraging a Swift Transfer of Power in the Republic of the Sudan: 
Senate agreed to S. Res. 188, encouraging a swift transfer of power by 
the military to a civilian-led political authority in the Republic of 
the Sudan, after withdrawing the committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute and the committee reported amendment to the preamble, and 
agreeing to the following amendments proposed thereto:   
  Pages S4736-39
  Thune (for Cruz/Durbin) Amendment No. 908, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                              
Pages S4736-38
  Thune (for Cruz/Durbin) Amendment No. 909, to amend the preamble. 
                                                             Page S4738
Wetherell II Nomination--Cloture: By 82 yeas to 16 nays (Vote No. EX. 
192), Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the 
nomination of T. Kent Wetherell II, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of Florida.                        
  Page S4724
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, July 10, 2019, Senate resume 
consideration of the nomination, post-cloture.               
Page S4740
Leichty Nomination--Cloture: By 87 yeas to 11 nays (Vote No. EX. 193), 
Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the nomination 
of Damon Ray Leichty, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Indiana.                            
  Pages S4724-25
Ranjan Nomination--Cloture: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of J. Nicholas Ranjan, to be United States District Judge 
for the Western District of Pennsylvania.                    
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  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 83 yeas to 15 nays (Vote No. EX. 194), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                   
Page S4725
Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that at 11 a.m., on Wednesday, July 10, 2019, Senate vote on 
confirmation of the following nominations in the order listed: T. Kent 
Wetherell II, to be United States District

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Judge for the Northern District of Florida, J. Nicholas Ranjan, to be 
United States District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 
and Damon Ray Leichty, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Indiana; that at 4:30 p.m., Senate vote on the 
pending motions to invoke cloture on the nominations of Robert L. King, 
of Kentucky, to be Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education, 
Department of Education, and John P. Pallasch, of Kentucky, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Labor, and that if cloture is invoked, the votes 
on confirmation of the nominations occur at a time to be determined by 
the Majority Leader, in consultation with the Democratic Leader on 
Thursday, July 11, 2019; and that the motion to invoke cloture with 
respect to the nomination of Peter C. Wright, of Michigan, to be 
Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste, Environmental 
Protection Agency, ripen following disposition of the nomination of 
John P. Pallasch.                                            
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Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 53 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. EX. 191), Daniel Aaron Bress, of 
California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit. 
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Measures Read the First Time:                                
  Page S4726
Executive Communications:                                    
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Petitions and Memorials:                                 
  Pages S4726-29
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S4730-32
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:                  
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Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S4726
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S4733-35
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
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Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--194) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:07 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 10, 2019. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S4740.)