[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 148 (Monday, September 16, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1010]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                         Monday, September 16, 2019

[[Page D1010]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5485-5497
Measures Introduced: Two bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2479-2480, and S. Con. Res. 25.                  
  Page S5493
Measures Passed:
  National Day of Service and Remembrance: Senate agreed to S. Con. 
Res. 25, recognizing September 11, 2019, as a ``National Day of Service 
and Remembrance''.                                           
  Page S5495
Measures Considered:
  Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, Foreign 
Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act--
Cloture: Senate began consideration of the motion to proceed to 
consideration of H.R. 2740, making appropriations for the Departments 
of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020. 
                                                         Pages S5486-88
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed 
to consideration of the bill, and, in accordance with the provisions of 
Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will 
occur upon disposition of the nomination of Brian Callanan, of New 
Jersey, to be General Counsel for the Department of the Treasury. 
                                                         Pages S5486-88
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a notification of the President's 
intent to enter into a trade agreement regarding tariff barriers with 
Japan; which was referred to the Committee on Finance. (PM-29) 
                                                             Page S5492
Rakolta, Jr. Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of John Rakolta, Jr., of Michigan, to be Ambassador to the 
United Arab Emirates.                                    
  Pages S5488-90
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 55 yeas to 27 nays (Vote No. EX. 282), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                   
Page S5490
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that 
notwithstanding Rule XXII, the post-cloture time on the nomination of 
John Rakolta, Jr., expire at 12 noon, on Tuesday, September 17, 2019; 
that if cloture is invoked on the nomination of Kenneth A. Howery, of 
Texas, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Sweden, the post-cloture time 
expire at 3:30 p.m.; provided further that following disposition of the 
nomination of Kenneth A. Howery, Senate vote on the motions to invoke 
cloture on the nominations of Robert A. Destro, of Virginia, to be 
Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, 
Brent James McIntosh, of Michigan, to be an Under Secretary of the 
Treasury, and Brian Callanan, of New Jersey, to be General Counsel for 
the Department of the Treasury.                              
Page S5490
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination of John Rakolta, Jr., of Michigan, to 
be Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, at approximately 10 a.m., on 
Tuesday, September 17, 2019.                                 
Page S5496
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S5492-93
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5493-95
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S5491-92
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--282) 
                                                             Page S5490
Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 6:22 p.m., 
until 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 17, 2019. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S5496.)