[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 115 (Wednesday, July 10, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D799-D800]
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                                           Wednesday, July 10, 2019

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4743-4777
Measures Introduced: Nineteen bills were introduced, as follows: S. 
2067-2085.                                                   
  Page S4773
Measures Reported:
  S. 1102, to promote security and energy partnerships in the Eastern 
Mediterranean, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page S4770
Measures Passed:
  America's Water Infrastructure Act Technical Corrections: Committee 
on Environment and Public Works was discharged from further 
consideration of S. 1811, to make technical corrections to the 
America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018, and the bill was then 
passed.                                                      
  Page S4776
Executive Reports of Committees: Senate received the following 
executive reports of a committee:
  Report to accompany The Protocol Amending the Tax Convention with 
Spain (Treaty Doc. 113-4) (Ex. Rept. 116-1);
  Report to accompany Protocol Amending Tax Convention with Swiss 
Confederation (Treaty Doc. 112-1) (Ex. Rept. 116-2);
  Report to accompany Protocol Amending the Tax Convention with Japan 
(Treaty Doc. 114-1) (Ex. Rept. 116-3); and
  Report to accompany Protocol Amending Tax Convention with Luxembourg 
(Treaty Doc. 111-8) (Ex. Rept. 116-4).                   
Pages S4771-73
King Nomination--Cloture: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Robert L. King, of Kentucky, to be Assistant Secretary 
for Postsecondary Education, Department of Education. 
                                                  Pages S4749-59, S4759
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 56 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. EX. 198), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.               
Pages S4760-61
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination, post-cloture, at approximately 9:30 
a.m., on Thursday, July 11, 2019.                        
Pages S4776-77
Pallasch Nomination--Cloture: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of John P. Pallasch, of Kentucky, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Labor.                                      
  Pages S4761-64
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 54 yeas to 41 nays (Vote No. EX. 199), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                   
Page S4761
Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that at 11 a.m., on Thursday, July 11, 2019, Senate vote on 
confirmation of 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, in the order listed; that if cloture is invoked on 
the nomination of Peter C. Wright, of Michigan, to be Assistant 
Administrator, Office of Solid Waste, Environmental Protection Agency, 
the post-cloture time expire at 1:45 p.m.; and that the Ranking Member 
of the Committee on Environment and Public Works control the time from 
1 p.m., until 1:40 p.m.                                      
  Page S4764
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 78 yeas to 15 nays (Vote No. EX. 195), T. Kent Wetherell II, of 
Florida, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District 
of Florida.                                              
Pages S4745-48
  By 80 yeas to 14 nays (Vote No. EX. 196), J. Nicholas Ranjan, of 
Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for the Western 
District of Pennsylvania.                                
Pages S4748-49
  By 85 yeas to 10 nays (Vote No. EX. 197), Damon Ray Leichty, of 
Indiana, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District 
of Indiana.                                                  
Page S4749
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S4768
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S4768
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                  
  Pages S4744-45, S4768
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S4768-70

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Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S4770
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S4773-75
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S4775-76
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S4766-68
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S4776
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--199) 
                                                  Pages S4748-49, S4761
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 6:16 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 11, 2019. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4776-77.)