[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 103 (Monday, June 14, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D634-D635]
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                                              Monday, June 14, 2021

[[Page D634]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4503-S4522
Measures Introduced: Nine bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2039-2047, S.J. Res. 20, and S. Res. 268.        
  Page S4518
Measures Reported:
  S. 658, to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to work with 
cybersecurity consortia for training. (S. Rept. No. 117-24)
  S. 1251, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a 
program to reduce barriers to entry for farmers, ranchers, and private 
forest landowners in certain voluntary markets.
  S. 1301, to provide for the publication by the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services of physical activity recommendations for Americans.
  S. 1662, to increase funding for the Reagan-Udall Foundation for the 
Food and Drug Administration and for the Foundation for the National 
Institutes of Health.                                    
Pages S4517-18
Measures Passed:
  Condemning Recent Rise in Anitsemitic Violence and Harassment: 
Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of 
S. Res. 252, unequivocally condemning the recent rise in antisemitic 
violence and harassment targeting Jewish Americans, and standing in 
solidarity with those affected by antisemitism, and the resolution was 
then agreed to                                           
  Pages S4513-14
Fox Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the nomination 
of Radhika Fox, of California, to be an Assistant Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency.                             
  Page S4504
  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 Kiran Arjandas Ahuja, of Massachusetts, to be Director of 
the Office of Personnel Management.                          
Page S4504
  Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the 
following action:
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to 
consider the nomination.                                     
Page S4504
Griggsby Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
nomination of Lydia Kay Griggsby, of Maryland, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Maryland.                 
  Page S4505
  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 Radhika Fox, of California, to be an Assistant 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.        
Page S4505
  Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the 
following action:
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session. 
                                                         Pages S4504-05
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to 
consider the nomination.                                     
Page S4505
Kahn Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Lina M. Khan, of New York, to be a Federal Trade 
Commissioner.                                                
  Page S4512
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 72 yeas to 25 nays (Vote No. EX. 232), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                   
Page S4512
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination, post-cloture, at approximately 10 
a.m., on Tuesday, June 15, 2021; that all post-cloture time expire at 
11:30 a.m.; that if cloture is invoked on the nomination of Kiran 
Arjandas Ahuja, of Massachusetts, to be Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management, all post-cloture time expire at 2:30 p.m. 
                                                             Page S4522
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 53 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. EX. 231), Ketanji Brown Jackson, of 
the District of Columbia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
District of Columbia Circuit.                     
Pages S4511-12, S4522
  Michal Ilana Freedhoff, of Maryland, to be Assistant Administrator 
for Toxic Substances of the Environmental Protection Agency. 
                                                     Pages S4514, S4522

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Petitions and Memorials:                                     
  Page S4517
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S4518-19
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S4519-22
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S4517
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S4522
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--232) 
                                                     Pages S4511, S4512
Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 7:28 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4522.)