[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 132 (Wednesday, July 28, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D850-D851]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                           Wednesday, July 28, 2021

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5115-S5146
Measures Introduced: Thirty-five bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 2493-2527, and S. Res. 325-327. 
                                                         Pages S5140-41
Measures Reported:
  S. 1471, to enhance protections of Native American tangible cultural 
heritage. (S. Rept. No. 117-33)
  S. Res. 310, expressing solidarity with Cuban citizens demonstrating 
peacefully for fundamental freedoms, condemning the Cuban regime's acts 
of repression, and calling for the immediate release of arbitrarily 
detained Cuban citizens, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
  S. 812, to direct the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to 
regain observer status for Taiwan in the World Health Organization. 
                                                             Page S5140
Measures Considered:
Invest In America Act--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the 
motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 3684, to authorize funds for 
Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs. 
                                                             Page S5137
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session. 
                                                             Page S5136
  The motion to proceed to the motion to reconsider the vote by which 
cloture was not invoked on Wednesday, July 21, 2021, was agreed to. 
                                                             Page S5137
  The motion to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on 
Wednesday, July 21, 2021, was agreed to.                     
Page S5137
  By 67 yeas to 32 nays (Vote No. 285), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate upon 
reconsideration agreed to the motion to close further debate on the 
motion to proceed to consideration of the bill.              
Page S5137
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill, 
post-cloture, at approximately 10:30 a.m., on Thursday, July 29, 2021; 
and that all time during adjournment of the Senate count post-cloture 
on the motion to proceed.                                    
Page S5146
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 52 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. EX. 282), Gwynne A. Wilcox, of New 
York, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term 
of five years expiring August 27, 2023.                  
Pages S5118-27
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 52 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. EXT. 281), Senate agreed to the 
motion to close further debate on the nomination.            
Page S5119
  By 53 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. EX. 284), David M. Prouty, of 
Maryland, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the 
term of five years expiring August 27, 2026.             
Pages S5128-37
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 53 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. EXT. 283), Senate agreed to the 
motion to close further debate on the nomination.            
Page S5128
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Adrienne Wojciechowski, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture.
  Mark Gitenstein, of Washington, to be Representative of the United 
States of America to the European Union, with the rank and status of 
Ambassador.
  Laura S. H. Holgate, of Virginia, to be Representative of the United 
States of America to the Vienna Office of the United Nations, with the 
rank of Ambassador.
  Laura S. H. Holgate, of Virginia, to be Representative of the United 
States of America to the International Atomic Energy Agency, with the 
rank of Ambassador.
  Patricia Mahoney, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Central 
African Republic.

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  Julissa Reynoso Pantaleon, of New York, to be Ambassador to the 
Kingdom of Spain, and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador to the Principality of Andorra.
  Peter Hendrick Vrooman, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Mozambique.
  Lisa M. Gomez, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor.
  Erik Adrian Hooks, of North Carolina, to be Deputy Administrator, 
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
  William J. Valdez, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary for Management, 
Department of Homeland Security.                             
Page S5146
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S5139
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
  Page S5139
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S5139-40
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S5140
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5142-43
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S5143-45
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S5138-39
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S5145-46
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S5146
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--285) 
                                        Pages S5119, S5127-28, S5136-37
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:30 a.m. and adjourned at 7:16 p.m., 
until 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5146.)