[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 146 (Thursday, September 12, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S5462]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
Tribute to Cindy Hasiak
Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, before we vote, I wish to take a moment
to recognize a lifelong public servant, Cindy Hasiak, who will be
retiring after 32 years in this Chamber, with the Sergeant at Arms and
with the Senate doorkeepers.
Cindy came to the Senate in the spring of 1987. In her time here, she
has seen hundreds of Senators pass through these doors. When particular
Senators were nowhere to be found, she was usually the one who would
have chased them down.
There is also so much work in the Senate that gets done behind the
scenes. So much of it is essential to our operations, and all of it is
performed flawlessly, quietly, wonderfully by dedicated staffers who
rarely get the recognition they deserve. Truly, the Senate would not
function without the quiet dedication and steady excellence of folks
like Cindy.
As her days of chasing down Senators come to a close, I wish her all
the best as she embarks on a well-earned and well-deserved retirement
where, luckily for her, she will be close to her family, friends, and
loved ones and far from the frenetic demands of wrangling 100 Senators
with 100 different schedules.
We all thank her for her dedicated career in public service. She will
always, always, always have the gratitude of this grand institution.
I yield the floor.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Will the Senate advise and
consent to the Feddo nomination?
Ms. COLLINS. I ask for the yeas and nays.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
There appears to be a sufficient second.
The clerk will call the roll.
The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator
from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe),
the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator from Arizona (Ms.
McSally), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), the Senator from Georgia
(Mr. Perdue), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts), and the Senator
from Florida (Mr. Rubio).
Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Tennessee (Mr.
Alexander) would have voted ``yea,'' the Senator from Kansas (Mr.
Moran) would have voted ``yea,'' and the Senator from Florida (Mr.
Rubio) would have voted ``yea.''
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker),
the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator from California (Ms.
Harris), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from
Vermont (Mr. Sanders), and the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren)
are necessarily absent.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber
desiring to vote?
The result was announced--yeas 85, nays 1, as follows:
[Rollcall Vote No. 281 Ex.]
YEAS--85
Baldwin
Barrasso
Bennet
Blackburn
Blumenthal
Blunt
Boozman
Braun
Brown
Burr
Cantwell
Capito
Cardin
Carper
Casey
Cassidy
Collins
Cornyn
Cortez Masto
Cotton
Cramer
Crapo
Cruz
Daines
Duckworth
Durbin
Enzi
Ernst
Feinstein
Fischer
Gardner
Gillibrand
Graham
Grassley
Hassan
Hawley
Heinrich
Hirono
Hoeven
Hyde-Smith
Johnson
Jones
Kaine
Kennedy
King
Lankford
Leahy
Lee
Manchin
Markey
McConnell
Menendez
Merkley
Murkowski
Murphy
Murray
Peters
Portman
Reed
Risch
Romney
Rosen
Rounds
Sasse
Schatz
Schumer
Scott (FL)
Scott (SC)
Shaheen
Shelby
Sinema
Smith
Stabenow
Sullivan
Tester
Thune
Tillis
Toomey
Udall
Van Hollen
Warner
Whitehouse
Wicker
Wyden
Young
NAYS--1
Paul
NOT VOTING--14
Alexander
Booker
Coons
Harris
Inhofe
Isakson
Klobuchar
McSally
Moran
Perdue
Roberts
Rubio
Sanders
Warren
The nomination was confirmed.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the motion to
reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the
President will be immediately notified of the Senate's action.
The Senator from Louisiana.
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