[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 157 (Monday, September 13, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S6450]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. MENENDEZ. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the 
consideration of Calendar No. 150, Brett M. Holmgren to be an Assistant 
Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research, and that the Senate 
vote on the nomination without any intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  The Senator from Texas.
  Mr. CRUZ. Madam President, reserving the right to object for the same 
reasons I just articulated--that this position, as with the previous 
one, is directly related to trying to clean up the mess, the disaster 
that the Biden administration has created in Afghanistan.
  I intend not to object to this nomination.
  The remaining holds remain in place, and the administration can lift 
the Treasury hold and the career state holds anytime they want by 
following the law under CAATSA and either imposing sanctions or, if 
they don't want to impose sanctions on Russia, triggering a vote in 
Congress so that this body can decide whether or not sanctions could be 
imposed on Russia. The administration has had that option in front of 
it for many weeks. It still has that option.
  I do not object.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any further objections?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination 
of Brett M. Holmgren, of Minnesota, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
State (Intelligence and Research)?
  The nomination was confirmed.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Jersey.
  Mr. MENENDEZ. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, all 
without any intervening action or debate; that no further motions be in 
order to the nomination; that any statements related to the nomination 
be printed in the Record; and that the President be immediately 
notified of the Senate's action.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.

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