[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 37 (Tuesday, February 25, 2020)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D185-D186]
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                                         Tuesday, February 25, 2020

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1123-S1160
Measures Introduced: Twelve bills were introduced, as follows: S. 3328-
3339.                                                        
  Page S1155
Measures Reported:
  S. 500, to amend title 54, United States Code, to establish, fund, 
and provide for the use of amounts in a National Park Service Legacy 
Restoration Fund to address the maintenance backlog of the National 
Park Service, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 1081, to amend title 54, United States Code, to provide permanent, 
dedicated funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, with 
amendments.
  S. 2418, to amend the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 to 
modify a definition and the disposition and authorized uses of 
qualified outer Continental Shelf revenues under that Act and to exempt 
State and county payments under that Act from sequestration, to provide 
for the distribution of certain outer Continental Shelf revenues to the 
State of Alaska, with amendments.                            
Page S1155
Measures Considered:
Protect Pain-Capable Unborn Children: Senate resumed consideration of 
the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 3275, to amend title 18, 
United States Code, to protect pain-capable unborn children. 
                                                         Pages S1129-36
   During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 53 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 57), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill.                                   
Page S1136
Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act: By 56 yeas to 41 nays 
(Vote No. 58), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, 
not having voted in the affirmative, Senate rejected the motion to 
close further debate on the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 
311, to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a health care 
practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the 
case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion. 
                                                         Pages S1136-37
Printing of Statements and Opinions--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing to modify the order of January 31, 
2020, to allow Senators to have until Thursday, February 27, 2020 to 
have printed statements and opinions in the Congressional Record, if 
they choose, explaining their votes and include those in the 
documentation of the impeachment proceedings; and that the two page 
rule be waived.                                              
  Page S1160
Messages from the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the continuation of the 
national emergency originally declared in Executive Order 13660 on 
March 6, 2014, with respect to Ukraine; which was referred to the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-47) 
                                                         Pages S1154-55
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the continuation of the 
national emergency with respect to Cuba and of the emergency authority 
relating to the regulation of the anchorage and movement of vessels, as 
amended; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation. (PM-48)                                      
Page S1155
Greaves Nomination: Senate resumed consideration of the nomination of 
Travis Greaves, of the District of Columbia, to be a Judge of the 
United States Tax Court.                       
  Pages S1137-38, S1138-42
   During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 91 yeas to 5 nays (Vote No. EX. 61), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.               
Pages S1137-38
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 
approximately 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, February 27, 2020, Senate resume 
consideration of the nomination, under the order of Monday, February 
24, 2020.                                                    
Page S1160
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:

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  By unanimous vote of 97 yeas (Vote No. EX. 54), Robert Anthony 
Molloy, of the Virgin Islands, to be Judge for the District Court of 
the Virgin Islands for a term of ten years.       
Pages S1124-28, S1160
  By unanimous vote of 96 yeas (Vote No. EX. 59), Silvia Carreno-Coll, 
of Puerto Rico, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Puerto Rico.                                  
Pages S1128, S1137, S1160
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 96 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. EX. 55), Senate agreed to the motion to 
close further debate on the nomination.                      
Page S1128
  By 58 yeas 38 nays (Vote No. EX. 60), Katharine MacGregor, of 
Pennsylvania, to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior. 
                                              Pages S1129, S1137, S1160
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 59 yeas to 38 nays (Vote No. EX. 56), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                   
Page S1129
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  William Jordan Gillis, of Georgia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Defense.
  Douglas Benevento, of Colorado, to be Deputy Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency.
  Michael Pack, of Maryland, to be Chief Executive Officer of the 
Broadcasting Board of Governors for the term of three years.
  Alex Nelson Wong, of New Jersey, to be Alternate Representative of 
the United States of America for Special Political Affairs in the 
United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador.
  Alex Nelson Wong, of New Jersey, to be an Alternate Representative of 
the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of 
the United Nations during his tenure of service as Alternate 
Representative of the United States of America for Special Political 
Affairs in the United Nations.
  Aldona Z. Wos, of North Carolina, to be Ambassador to Canada.
  Elizabeth Gleason, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the National 
Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2020.
  Jesse Merriam, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National Council on 
the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2024.         
Page S1160
Measures Read the First Time:                        
  Pages S1155, S1160
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S1155-58
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S1158-59
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S1153-54
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S1159
Record Votes: Eight record votes were taken today. (Total--61) 
                                               Pages S1128-29, S1136-38
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:38 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 27, 2020. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S1160.)