[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 172 (Wednesday, October 30, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1182-D1183]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                        Wednesday, October 30, 2019

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6261-S6308
Measures Introduced: Twenty-one bills and five resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 2735-2755, and S. Res. 386-390. 
                                                      Pages S6299-S6300
Measures Failed:
  State Relief and Empowerment Waivers: By 43 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 
337), Senate failed to pass S.J. Res. 52, providing for congressional 
disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule 
submitted by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services relating to ``State Relief and Empowerment 
Waivers''.                                               
  Pages S6263-71
Measures Passed:
  National Day of Remembrance for Nuclear Weapons Program Workers: 
Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of 
S. Res. 377, designating October 30, 2019, as a national day of 
remembrance for the workers of the nuclear weapons program of the 
United States, and the resolution was then agreed to.        
  Page S6307
  National Dyslexia Awareness Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 389, 
calling on Congress, schools, and State and local educational agencies 
to recognize the significant educational implications of dyslexia that 
must be addressed, and designating October 2019 as ``National Dyslexia 
Awareness Month''.                                           
  Page S6307
  Honoring Senator Kay Hagan: Senate agreed to S. Res. 390, honoring 
the life, accomplishments, and legacy of Senator Kay Hagan. 
                                                             Page S6307
Measures Considered:
  Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act--
Agreement: Senate continued 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, 
taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                               Pages S6271-81, S6281-94
Pending:
  Shelby Amendment No. 948, in the nature of a substitute.   
Page S6271
  McConnell (for Shelby) Amendment No. 950, to make a technical 
correction.                                                  
Page S6271
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 88 yeas to 5 nays (Vote No. 338), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on Shelby Amendment No. 948 
(listed above).                                              
Page S6271
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that it be in 
order to offer the following amendments: Lee Amendment No. 1209, and 
Jones Modified Amendment No. 1141; that no second-degree amendments be 
in order to these amendments prior to the votes, and that at 11:30 
a.m., on Thursday, October 31, 2019, Senate vote on or in relation to 
these amendments in the order listed; that upon resumption of the bill 
on Thursday, October 31, 2019, the following amendments be called up 
and agreed to en bloc: Tester Amendment No. 953, Smith Amendment No. 
1023, Hirono Amendment No. 1037, Brown Modified Amendment No. 1088, 
Baldwin Amendment No. 1099, Murkowski Amendment No. 1121, Thune 
Amendment No. 1133, Capito Amendment No. 1143, Smith Amendment No. 
1149, Rosen Amendment No. 1161, McSally Amendment No. 1163, Reed 
Amendment No. 1217, Stabenow Amendment No. 1223, Cornyn Amendment No. 
1224, Warner Amendment No. 951, Capito Amendment No. 1077, Cantwell 
Amendment No. 1094, Toomey Amendment No. 1129, Durbin Amendment No. 
1146, Gardner Amendment No. 1150, McSally Amendment No. 1234, Sinema 
Amendment No. 1025, Ernst Amendment No. 1079, Ernst Amendment No. 1081, 
Cornyn Amendment No. 1151, Cardin Amendment No. 1159, Rosen Amendment 
No. 1160, Thune Amendment No. 1162, Peters Amendment No. 1182, Cornyn 
Amendment No. 1193, Menendez Amendment No. 1199, Blunt Amendment No. 
1211, McSally Amendment No. 1215, Collins Amendment No. 1220, Schumer 
Amendment No. 1227, Hassan Amendment No. 956, Collins Amendment No.

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1002, Shaheen Amendment No. 1005, Kaine Amendment No. 1010, Cortez 
Masto Amendment No. 1061, Cortez Masto Amendment No. 1062, Heinrich 
Amendment No. 1114, Shaheen Amendment No. 1130, Hoeven Amendment No. 
1214, and Portman Amendment No. 1235.                        
Page S6293
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing that 
notwithstanding Rule XXII, following disposition of Jones Modified 
Amendment No. 1141, the post-cloture time on Shelby Amendment No. 948 
(listed above), expire; McConnell (for Shelby) Amendment No. 950 
(listed above), be withdrawn, and Shelby Amendment No. 948, as amended, 
be agreed to; that the motion to invoke cloture on the bill be 
withdrawn, there be two minutes of debate, equally divided, and that 
following the use or yielding back of that time, Senate vote on passage 
of the bill, as amended, with a 60 affirmative vote threshold required 
for passage; and that the vote on the motion to invoke cloture on 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, 
occur at 1:45 p.m., on Thursday, October 31, 2019.           
Page S6294
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10 a.m., on Thursday, 
October 31, 2019.                                            
Page S6307
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Lanny Erdos, of Ohio, to be Director of the Office of Surface Mining 
Reclamation and Enforcement.
  Robert J. Feitel, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission.
  Sarah C. Arbes, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health 
and Human Services.
  Todd C. Chapman, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Federative 
Republic of Brazil.
  Michael D. Weahkee, of New Mexico, to be Director of the Indian 
Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, for the term 
of four years.
  Grace Karaffa Obermann, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United 
States Court of Federal Claims for a term of fifteen years.
  25 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  2 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Army and Navy.                        
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Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S6297
Measures Referred:                                       
  Pages S6297-98
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
  Page S6298
Measures Read the First Time:                                
  Page S6298
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S6298-99
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S6300-03
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S6303-06
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S6296-97
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S6306
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S6306-07
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S6307
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--338) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned, as a further 
mark of respect to the memory of the late Senator Kay Hagan, in 
accordance with S. Res. 390, at 7:38 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Thursday, 
October 31, 2019. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting 
Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6307.)