[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 23, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S799]
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                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I send a cloture motion to the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
  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 nomination 
     of Executive Calendar No. 16, Miguel A. Cardona, of 
     Connecticut, to be Secretary of Education.
         Charles E. Schumer, Cory A. Booker, Jon Ossoff, Richard 
           Blumenthal, Richard J. Durbin, Alex Padilla, 
           Christopher A. Coons, Sheldon Whitehouse, Robert 
           Menendez, Benjamin L. Cardin, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, 
           Tim Kaine, Tammy Baldwin, Ron Wyden, Mazie K. Hirono, 
           Tammy Duckworth, Sherrod Brown.

  Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum call 
for the cloture motion be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. SCHUMER. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. SULLIVAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Murphy). Without objection, it is so 
ordered.