[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 154 (Tuesday, September 8, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S5433]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          LEGISLATIVE SESSION

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  UIGHUR INTERVENTION AND GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN UNIFIED RESPONSE ACT OF 
                                  2019

  Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, I move to proceed to legislative 
session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion.
  The motion was agreed to.
  Mr. McCONNELL. What is the pending business?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the pending business.
  The bill clerk read the following:

       House message to accompany S. 178, a bill to condemn gross 
     human rights violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang, 
     and calling for an end to arbitrary detention, torture, and 
     harassment of these communities inside and outside China.

  Pending:

       McConnell motion to concur in the amendment of the House to 
     the bill, with McConnell Amendment No. 2499, in the nature of 
     a substitute.


                      Amendment No. 2499 Withdrawn

  Mr. McCONNELL. I withdraw the motion to concur in the House amendment 
with amendment No. 2499.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has that right.
  The amendment is withdrawn.


                Motion to Concur with Amendment No. 2652

  Mr. McCONNELL. I move to concur in the House amendment with amendment 
No. 2652.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. McConnell] moves to concur 
     in the House amendment to the bill, S. 178, with an amendment 
     numbered 2652.

  Mr. McCONNELL. I ask that the reading be dispensed with.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: In the nature of a substitute) 
(The amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Text of 
Amendments.'')


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk for 
the motion to concur with amendment.


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  On page S5433, September 8, 2020, second column, the following 
appears: Mr. McConnell. I ask that the reading be dispensed with. 
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. 
CLOTURE MOTION Mr. McConnell. Mr. President, I send a cloture 
motion to the desk for the motion to concur with amendment.
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: Mr. McConnell. I 
ask that the reading be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. 
Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: 
(Purpose: In the nature of a substitute) (The amendment is printed 
in today's Record under ``Text of Amendments.'') CLOTURE MOTION 
Mr. McConnell. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk 
for the motion to concur with amendment.


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  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before 
the Senate the pending cloture motion, which the clerk will state.
  The bill clerk read as follows

                             Cloture Motion

       We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the 
     provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, 
     do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to 
     concur in the House amendment to S. 178, a bill to condemn 
     gross human rights violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims in 
     Xinjiang, and calling for an end to arbitrary detention, 
     torture, and harassment of these communities inside and 
     outside China, with a further amendment No. 2652.
         Mitch McConnell, John Barrasso, Shelley Moore Capito, 
           Marco Rubio, Lamar Alexander, Mike Crapo, Roy Blunt, 
           James M. Inhofe, Kevin Cramer, Richard C. Shelby, 
           Martha McSally, Pat Roberts, Tim Scott, James Lankford, 
           Dan Sullivan, Todd Young, John Cornyn.

  Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory call be 
waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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