[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 23 (Monday, February 8, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S587-S588]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session to consider the following nomination: 
Executive Calendar No. 14, Kathleen Holland Hicks, of Virginia, to be 
Deputy Secretary of Defense.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the nomination.
  The legislative clerk read the nomination of Kathleen Holland Hicks, 
of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Defense.
  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
nomination.
  Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate vote on the 
nomination with no intervening action or

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debate; that if confirmed, the motion to reconsider be considered made 
and laid upon the table; and that the President be immediately notified 
of the Senate's action.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Hicks 
nomination?
  The nomination was confirmed.

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