[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 105 (Wednesday, June 16, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D653-D654]
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                                           Wednesday, June 16, 2021

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4557-S4598
Measures Introduced: Twenty-two bills and two resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 2072-2093, and S. Res. 272-273. 
                                                         Pages S4589-90
Measures Passed:
  225th Anniversary of the State of Tennessee: Committee on the 
Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 248, 
recognizing and celebrating the 225th anniversary of the entry of the 
State of Tennessee into the United States as the 16th State, and the 
resolution was then agreed to.                               
  Page S4597
  Great Outdoors Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 273, designating June 
2021 as ``Great Outdoors Month''.                            
  Page S4597
Appointments:
  British-American Interparliamentary Group Conference: The Chair, on 
behalf of the President pro tempore, and upon the recommendation of the 
Republican Leader, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2761, as amended, appointed 
the following Senator as Vice Chairman of the Senate Delegation to the 
British-American Interparliamentary Group Conference during the 117th 
Congress: Senator Boozman.                                   
  Page S4597
Beaudreau Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Tommy P. Beaudreau, of Alaska, to be Deputy Secretary of 
the Interior.                                            
  Pages S4574-85
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 89 yeas to 9 nays (Vote No. EX. 238), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                   
Page S4574
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination, post-cloture, at approximately 10 
a.m., on Thursday, June 17, 2021; that the cloture time on the 
nomination expire at 11:30 a.m.; that if cloture is invoked on the 
nomination of John K. Tien, of Georgia, to be Deputy Secretary of 
Homeland Security, all post-cloture debate time expire at 1:45 p.m. 
                                                         Pages S4597-98
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 55 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. EX. 236), Radhika Fox, of California, 
to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency.                                           
Pages S4557-61, S4573
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 55 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. EX. 234), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                   
Page S4561
  By 59 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. EX. 237), Lydia Kay Griggsby, of 
Maryland, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Maryland.                                                
Pages S4561-74
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 57 yeas to 41 nays (Vote No. EX. 235), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                   
Page S4561
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S4587
Measures Referred:                                       
  Pages S4587-88
Measures Read the First Time:                                
  Page S4597
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S4588-89
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S4589
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S4590-92
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S4592-96
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S4586-87
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S4596-97
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S4597
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--238) 
                                                  Pages S4561, S4573-74
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:30 a.m. and adjourned at 7:25 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Thursday,

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June 17, 2021. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority 
Leader in today's Record on pages S4597-98.)