[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 101 (Thursday, June 10, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D624-D625]
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                                            Thursday, June 10, 2021

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4023-S4502
Measures Introduced: Thirty-eight bills and one resolution were 
introduced, as follows: S. 2001-2038, and S. Res. 267.   
  Pages S4042-44
Measures Passed:
  Protecting America's First Responders Act: Committee on the Judiciary 
was discharged from further consideration of S. 1511, to amend the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 with respect to 
payments to certain public safety officers who have become permanently 
and totally disabled as a result of personal injuries sustained in the 
line of duty, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the 
following amendment proposed thereto:                 
  Pages S4499-S4501
  Cortez Masto (for Grassley) Amendment No. 2118, of a perfecting 
nature.                                               
Pages S4499-S4501
  Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution: Committee on Rules 
and Administration was discharged from further consideration of H.J. 
Res. 27, providing for the appointment of Barbara Barrett as a citizen 
regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, and the 
resolution was then passed.                                  
  Page S4501
  Mental Health Awareness Month: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
and Pensions was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 254, 
expressing support for the designation of May 2021 as ``Mental Health 
Awareness Month'', and the resolution was then agreed to.    
  Page S4501
Jackson Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson, of the District of Columbia, to be 
United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit. 
                                                             Page S4027
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 52 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. EX. 229), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                   
Page S4027
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that Senate 
resume consideration of the nomination, post-cloture, at 5 p.m., on 
Monday, June 14, 2021; that all post-cloture time on the nomination 
expire at 5:30 p.m.; and that the motions to invoke cloture filed on 
Thursday, June 10, 2021 ripen following disposition of the nomination 
of Ketanji Brown Jackson.                                    
Page S4501
Khan Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the nomination 
of Lina M. Khan, of New York, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner. 
                                                             Page S4029
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and, 
in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of the 
nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson, of the District of Columbia, to be 
United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit. 
                                                             Page S4029
  Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the 
following action:
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that 
notwithstanding Rule XXII, it be in order to move to proceed to and 
file cloture on the nominations of Ketanji Brown Jackson and Kiran 
Arjandas Ahuja.                                              
Page S4029
  Ahuja Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
nomination of Kiran Arjandas Ahuja, of Massachusetts, to be Director of 
the Office of Personnel Management.                      
Pages S4029-40
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and, 
in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of the 
nomination of Lina M. Khan, of New York, to be a Federal Trade 
Commissioner.                                                
Page S4029
  Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the 
following action:
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session. 
                                                             Page S4029
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to 
consider the nomination.                                     
Page S4029
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:

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  By 81 yeas to 16 nays (Vote No. EX. 230), Zahid N. Quraishi, of New 
Jersey, to be United States District Judge for the District of New 
Jersey.                              
Pages S4024-27, S4027-29, S4031-40
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 83 yeas to 16 nays (Vote No. EX. 228), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.               
Pages S4026-27
  Leslie B. Kiernan, of Maryland, to be General Counsel of the 
Department of Commerce.
  Adrianne Todman, of the Virgin Islands, to be Deputy Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development.
  Nuria I. Fernandez, of California, to be Federal Transit 
Administrator.                                           
Pages S4040-41
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S4042
Executive Communications:                                    
  Page S4042
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S4042
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S4044-45
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S4045-48
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S4041-42
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S4048
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S4048-49
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--230) 
                                               Pages S4026-27, S4031-32
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:30 a.m. and adjourned at 4:10 p.m., 
until 3 p.m. on Monday, June 14, 2021. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4501.)