[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 176 (Tuesday, November 5, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1204-D1205]
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                                          Tuesday, November 5, 2019

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6365-S6410
Measures Introduced: Seventeen bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 2770-2786, S. Res. 406-407, and S. Con. Res. 
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  Pages S6391-92
Measures Reported:
  S. 995, to amend title XXIX of the Public Health Service Act to 
reauthorize the program under such title relating to lifespan respite 
care, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 1130, to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the health 
of children and help better understand and enhance awareness about 
unexpected sudden death in early life, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute.
  S. 1399, to amend title VIII of the Public Health Services Act to 
revise and extend nursing workforce development programs, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 1608, to provide for the publication by the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services of physical activity recommendations for Americans, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 1657, to provide assistance to combat the escalating burden of 
Lyme disease and other tick and vector-borne diseases and disorders, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 2511, to amend title 40, United States Code, to provide the 
Marshal of the Supreme Court of the United States and Supreme Court 
Police with the authority to protect the Chief Justice of the United 
States, any Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and other 
individuals in any location, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
  S. 2619, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the 
Healthy Start program, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 2629, to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the 
Public Health Service Corps, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
  S. 2740, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to clarify 
the regulatory framework with respect to certain nonprescription drugs 
that are marketed without an approved new drug application. 
                                                             Page S6391
Measures Passed:
  Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act: Committee on the Judiciary 
was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 724, to revise 
section 48 of title 18, United States Code, and the bill was then 
passed.                                                      
  Page S6410
  Congratulating the Washington Nationals: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
407, congratulating the Washington Nationals on winning the 2019 Major 
League Baseball World Series.                                
  Page S6410
Hunsaker Nomination: Senate resumed consideration of the nomination of 
Danielle J. Hunsaker, of Oregon, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Ninth Circuit.                                       
  Pages S6384-85
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 75 yeas to 18 nays (Vote No. EX. 345), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                   
Page S6384
Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that notwithstanding Rule XXII, the votes on the motions to 
invoke cloture on the nominations of Lee Philip Rudofsky, to be United 
States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and 
Jennifer Philpott Wilson, to be United States District Judge for the 
Middle District of Pennsylvania, occur at 12 noon, on Wednesday, 
November 6, 2019; that the vote on confirmation of the nomination of 
Danielle J. Hunsaker, of Oregon, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Ninth Circuit, occur at 4 p.m., on Wednesday, November 6, 2019, and 
that following disposition of the nomination of Danielle J. Hunsaker, 
Senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of 
William Joseph Nardini, of Connecticut, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Second Circuit; and that if cloture is invoked on the 
nominations of Lee Philip Rudofsky, Jennifer Philpott Wilson, and 
William Joseph Nardini, the votes on confirmation of the nominations 
occur at a time to be determined by the Majority Leader, in

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consultation with the Democratic Leader, on Thursday, November 7, 2019.
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  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 10 a.m., on Wednesday, November 6, 2019, Senate resume 
consideration of the nomination of Lee Philip Rudofsky, to be United 
States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas. 
                                                             Page S6410
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 85 yeas to 8 nays (Vote No. EX. 344), David Austin Tapp, of 
Kentucky, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims 
for a term of fifteen years.                   
Pages S6366-74, S6374-84
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 83 yeas to 9 nays (Vote No. EX. 343), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.               
Pages S6374-75
Nomination Received: Senate received the following nomination:
  Stephen Hahn, of Texas, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, 
Department of Health and Human Services.                     
Page S6410
Measures Read the First Time:                        
  Pages S6391, S6410
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S6392-94
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S6394-96
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S6389-91
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S6396-97
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S6397
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--345) 
                                                  Pages S6374-75, S6384
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:02 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, November 6, 2019. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S6410.)