[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 199 (Thursday, December 12, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1365-D1366]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                        Thursday, December 12, 2019

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6999-S7034
Measures Introduced: Twenty-three bills and six resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 3029-3051, S.J. Res. 61-62, S. Res. 453-455, 
and S. Con. Res. 30.                                     
  Pages S7026-27
Measures Reported:
  S. 877, to prohibit the sale of shark fins. (S. Rept. No. 116-173)
  S. 1822, to require the Federal Communications Commission to issue 
rules relating to the collection of data with respect to the 
availability of broadband services, with an amendment in the nature of 
a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 116-174)
  S. 2641, to promote United States national security and prevent the 
resurgence of ISIS, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. Con. Res. 23, honoring the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of the 
Bulge fought during World War II, recognizing the valiant efforts of 
the Allied Forces in December 1944, and remembering those who made the 
ultimate sacrifice, all of which contributed to the Allied victory in 
the European Theater, and with an amended preamble.          
Page S7026
Measures Passed:
  Armenian Genocide: Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged from 
further consideration of S. Res. 150, expressing the sense of the 
Senate that it is the policy of the United States to commemorate the 
Armenian Genocide through official recognition and remembrance, and the 
resolution was then agreed to.                               
  Page S7010
  Legal Represenation: Senate agreed to S. Res. 455, to authorize 
representation by the Senate Legal Counsel in the Case of Richard Arjun 
Kaul v. Senator Charles Schumer, et al.                      
  Page S7033
  Battle of the Bulge: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 23, honoring the 
75th Anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge fought during World War II, 
recognizing the valiant efforts of the Allied Forces in December 1944, 
and remembering those who made the ultimate sacrifice, all of which 
contributed to the Allied victory in the European Theater, after 
agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:    
  Pages S7033-34
  McConnell (for Cramer) Amendment No. 1256, to add language to the 
preamble.                                                    
Page S7034
Conference Reports:
National Defense Authorization Act--Cloture: Senate began consideration 
of the conference report to accompany S. 1790, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year.                          
  Pages S7019-23
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the conference report 
to accompany the bill, 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, December 12, 2019, a vote on 
cloture will occur at 5:30 p.m., on Monday, December 16, 2019. 
                                                             Page S7019
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 3:00 p.m., on Monday, December 16, 2019, Senate resume 
consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill; and that 
notwithstanding the provisions of Rule XXII, the motion to invoke 
cloture filed during the session of Thursday, December 12, 2019, ripen 
at 5:30 p.m., on Monday, December 16, 2019.                  
Page S7034
Appointments:
  Board of Visitors of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy: The Chair, on 
behalf of the Vice President, pursuant to 14 U.S.C. 194(a), as amended 
by Public Law 101-595, and further amended by Public Law 113-281, 
appointed the following Senator to the Board of Visitors of the U.S. 
Coast Guard Academy: Senator Wicker.                         
  Page S7033
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 52 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. EX. 395), Aurelia Skipwith, of 
Indiana, to be Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
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  By 70 yeas to 22 nays (Vote No. EX. 396), John Joseph Sullivan, of 
Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Russian Federation.    
                                                         Pages S7009-10
  By 72 yeas to 18 nays (Vote No. EX. 397), Stephen Hahn, of Texas, to 
be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of Health and Human 
Services.                                                
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Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S7026
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S7026
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S7026
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S7027-29
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S7029-33
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S7024-26
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S7033
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S7033
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--397) 
                                                  Pages S7009-10, S7015
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 5 p.m., until 
11:45 a.m. on Friday, December 13, 2019. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7034.)