[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 163 (Wednesday, October 16, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1112-D1113]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                        Wednesday, October 16, 2019

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5805-S5854
Measures Introduced: Fifteen bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 2602-2616, S.J. Res. 58, and S. Res. 358-
359.                                                     
  Pages S5840-41
Measures Reported:
  S. 2159, to repeal the Act entitled ``An Act to confer jurisdiction 
on the State of North Dakota over offenses committed by or against 
Indians on the Devils Lake Indian Reservation''. (S. Rept. No. 116-130)
                                                             Page S5840
Measures Passed:
  National Character Counts Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 358, 
designating the week beginning October 20, 2019, as ``National 
Character Counts Week''.                                     
  Page S5852
  National Polycystic Kidney Disease Awareness Day: Committee on the 
Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 356, 
designating September 4, 2019, as ``National Polycystic Kidney Disease 
Awareness Day'', and raising awareness and understanding of polycystic 
kidney disease, and the resolution was then agreed to.   
  Pages S5852-53
  National Urban Wildlife Refuge Day: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 324, designating 
September 29, 2019, as ``National Urban Wildlife Refuge Day'', and the 
resolution was then agreed to.                               
  Page S5853
  National Prescription Drug Take Back Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
359, authorizing the use of the atrium in the Philip A. Hart Senate 
Office Building for the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, a 
semiannual event for the Drug Enforcement Administration.    
  Page S5853
Congressional Review Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement 
was reached providing that at approximately 10 a.m., on Thursday, 
October 17, 2019, the Committee on Environment and Public Works be 
discharged from further consideration of S.J. Res. 53, providing for 
congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States 
Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency 
relating to ``Repeal of the Clean Power Plan; Emission Guidelines for 
Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Existing Electric Utility Generating 
Units; Revisions to Emission Guidelines Implementing Regulations''; 
that if a motion to proceed is made and agreed to, the time until noon 
be equally divided between the two Leaders or their designees, on the 
joint resolution; and that upon the use or yielding back of that time, 
the joint resolution be read a third time, and Senate vote on passage 
of the joint resolution.                                     
  Page S5852
National Emergency Veto Message--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing that the veto message on S.J. Res. 54, 
relating to a national emergency declared by the President on February 
15, 2019, be considered as having been read, that it be printed in the 
Record, and spread in full upon the Journal.                 
  Page S5852
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 1:45 p.m. 
on Thursday, October 17, 2019, Senate vote on passage of S.J. Res. 54, 
notwithstanding the objections of the President to the contrary. 
                                                             Page S5852
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to the Constitution, the report of the veto of 
S.J. Res. 54, a Joint Resolution that would terminate the national 
emergency the President of the United States declared in Proclamation 
9844 of February 15, 2019, pursuant to the National Emergencies Act, 
regarding the ongoing crisis on the southern border; ordered to be 
printed in the Record, spread in full upon the Journal, and held at the 
desk. (PM-32)                                                
Page S5838
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 85 yeas to 7 nays (Vote No. EX. 319), Barbara McConnell Barrett, 
of Arizona, to be Secretary of the Air Force. 
                                        Pages S5806-12, S5815-28, S5854
  By a unanimous vote of 92 yeas (Vote No. EX. 320), Frank William 
Volk, of West Virginia, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of West Virginia.                  
Pages S5828, S5854

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  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By a unanimous vote of 90 yeas (Vote No. 315), Senate agreed to the 
motion to close further debate on the nomination.        
Pages S5812-13
  By 61 yeas to 31 nays (Vote No. EX. 321), Charles R. Eskridge III, of 
Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of 
Texas.                                            
Pages S5828-29, S5854
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 61 yeas to 29 nays (Vote No. 316), Senate agreed to the motion to 
close further debate on the nomination.                      
Page S5813
  By 89 yeas to 3 nays (Vote No. EX. 322), David John Novak, of 
Virginia, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
of Virginia.                                         
Pages S5829, S5854
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 86 yeas to 4 nays (Vote No. 317), Senate agreed to the motion to 
close further debate on the nomination.                      
Page S5813
  By 88 yeas to 3 nays (Vote No. EX. 323), Rachel P. Kovner, of New 
York, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of 
New York.                                            
Pages S5829, S5854
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 85 yeas to 3 nays (Vote No. 318), Senate agreed to the motion to 
close further debate on the nomination.                      
Page S5814
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S5838
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S5838
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
  Page S5838
Measures Read the First Time:                        
  Pages S5839, S5852
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S5839-40
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5841-43
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S5843-51
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S5836-38
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S5851
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S5851-52
Record Votes: Nine record votes were taken today. (Total--323) 
                             Pages S5812-13, S5813, S5814, S5828, S5829
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 7:11 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Thursday, October 17, 2019. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5853.)