[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 164 (Thursday, October 17, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1121-D1123]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                         Thursday, October 17, 2019

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5855-S5906
Measures Introduced: Thirty-one bills and six resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 2617-2647, and S. Res. 360-365. 
                                                         Pages S5895-96
Measures Passed:
  Government of Saudi Arabia: Senate passed S. 2635, to require the 
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to declassify any and 
all information relating to whether the government of Saudi Arabia 
assisted a citizen or national of Saudi Arabia in departing the United 
States while the citizen or national was awaiting trial or sentencing 
for a criminal offense committed in the United States.   
  Pages S5884-85
  Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act: Senate passed H.R. 1396, 
to award Congressional Gold Medals to Katherine Johnson and Dr. 
Christine Darden, to posthumously award Congressional Gold Medals to 
Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, and to award a Congressional Gold 
Medal to honor all of the women who contributed to the success of the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration during the Space Race. 
                                                             Page S5904
  Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act: Senate passed S. 2258, to 
provide anti-retaliation protections for antitrust whistleblowers. 
                                                         Pages S5904-05
  Congratulating the Washington Mystics: Senate agreed to S. Res. 364, 
congratulating the Washington Mystics on winning the 2019 Women's 
National Basketball Association championship.                
  Page S5905
  World Food Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 365, designating October 16, 
2019, and October 16, 2020, as ``World Food Day''.           
  Page S5905
Measures Failed:
  Clean Power Congressional Review Act: Committee on Environment and 
Public Works was 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'', and the joint resolution failed to pass, 41 yeas to 53 
nays (Vote No. 324), after agreeing to the motion to proceed to 
consideration of the joint resolution.                   
  Pages S5858-69
Measures Considered:
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act--
Cloture: Senate began consideration of the motion to proceed to 
consideration of H.R. 3055, making appropriations for the Departments 
of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2020.                          
  Pages S5880-81
   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 Andrew P. 
Bremberg, of Virginia, to be Representative of the United States of 
America to the Office of the United Nations and Other International 
Organizations in Geneva, with the rank of Ambassador.        
Page S5881
  Subsequently, the motion to proceed was withdrawn.         
Page S5881
  Prior to the consideration of this measure, Senate took the following 
action:
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session. 
                                                             Page S5880
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
Related Agencies 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.                                   
  Page S5881
   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

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of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon 
disposition of H.R. 3055, making appropriations for the Departments of 
Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2020.                                   
Page S5881
Veto Messages:
National Emergency Declaration--Veto Message: By 53 yeas to 36 nays 
(Vote No. 325), two-thirds of the Senators voting not having voted in 
the affirmative, S.J. Res. 54 relating to a national emergency declared 
by the President on February 15, 2019, upon reconsideration, was 
rejected, and the veto of the President was sustained.   
  Pages S5869-75
Treaty on the Republic of North Macedonia--Cloture: Senate began 
consideration of the protocol to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on 
the Accession of the Republic of North Macedonia (Treaty Doc. 116-1), 
taking action on the following motion and amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                             Page S5880
Pending:
  McConnell Amendment No. 946, to change the enactment date. 
                                                             Page S5880
  McConnell Amendment No. 947 (to Amendment No. 946), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                      
Page S5880
   A motion was entered to close further debate on the treaty, and, in 
accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, and pursuant to the unanimous-consent agreement of 
Thursday, October 17, 2019, a vote on cloture will occur at 5:30 p.m., 
on Monday, October 21, 2019.                                 
Page S5880
  Prior to the consideration of this treaty, Senate took the following 
action:
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to 
consider the treaty.                                         
Page S5880
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 3 p.m., on Monday, October 21, 2019, Senate resume 
consideration of the treaty; and that the motions to invoke cloture 
filed on Thursday, October 17, 2019, ripen at 5:30 p.m., on Monday, 
October, 21, 2019.                                           
Page S5905
Bremberg Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
nomination of Andrew P. Bremberg, of Virginia, to be Representative of 
the United States of America to the Office of the United Nations and 
Other International Organizations in Geneva, with the rank of 
Ambassador.                                                  
  Page S5880
   A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, 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 
protocol to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the Accession of the 
Republic of North Macedonia (Treaty Doc. 116-1).             
Page S5880
  Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the 
following action:
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session. 
                                                             Page S5880
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to 
consider the nomination.                                     
Page S5880
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Thomas B. Chapman, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National 
Transportation Safety Board for a term expiring December 31, 2023.
  Joseph Manso, of New York, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign 
Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, for the rank of Ambassador during 
his tenure of service as United States Representative to the 
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
  Jenny A. McGee, of Texas, to be an Assistant Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development.
  Dorothy Shea, of North Carolina, to be Ambassador to the Lebanese 
Republic.
  John Joseph Sullivan, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Russian 
Federation.
  Cynthia Attwood, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Occupational 
Safety and Health Review Commission for a term expiring April 27, 2025.
  Amanda Wood Laihow, of Maine, to be a Member of Occupational Safety 
and Health Review Commission for the remainder of a term expiring April 
27, 2023.
  Fernando L. Aenlle-Rocha, of California, to be United States District 
Judge for the Central District of California.
  Adam L. Braverman, of California, to be United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of California.
  Almo J. Carter, of the District of Columbia, to be a Commissioner of 
the United States Parole Commission for a term of six years.
  Bernard Maurice Jones II, of Oklahoma, to be United States District 
Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma.
  Sandy Nunes Leal, of California, to be United States District Judge 
for the Central District of California.
  R. Shireen Matthews, of California, to be a United States District 
Judge for the Southern District of California.
  Thomas Michael O'Connor, of Texas, to be United States Marshal for 
the Southern District of Texas for the term of four years.
  Rick Lloyd Richmond, of California, to be United States District 
Judge for the Central District of California.

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  Stephen Sidney Schwartz, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United 
States Court of Federal Claims for a term of fifteen years.
  Stephen A. Vaden, of Tennessee, to be a Judge of the United States 
Court of International Trade.
  Hugh Nathanial Halpern, of Virginia, to be Director of the Government 
Publishing Office.                                       
Pages S5905-06
Messages from the House:                                 
  Pages S5891-92
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S5892
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                  
  Pages S5856-57, S5892
Measures Read the First Time:                        
  Pages S5892, S5904
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S5892-95
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S5895
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5896-99
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:    
  Pages S5899-S5900, S5900
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S5891
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S5903
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S5903-04
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--325) 
                                                     Pages S5869, S5875
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 5:10 p.m., 
until 3 p.m. on Monday, October 21, 2019. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5905.)