[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 188 (Tuesday, October 26, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1186-D1187]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                          Tuesday, October 26, 2021

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7349-S7392
Measures Introduced: Seventeen bills and two resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 3063-3079, and S. Res. 427-428. 
                                                         Pages S7368-69
Measures Reported:
  S. 2201, to manage supply chain risk through counterintelligence 
training, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 117-43)
  S. 2293, to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act to provide certain employment rights to 
reservists of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 117-44) 
                                                             Page S7368
Measures Passed:
  Ensuring Compliance Against Drug Diversion Act: Committee on the 
Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 1899, to 
amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide for the modification, 
transfer, and termination of a registration to manufacture, distribute, 
or dispense controlled substances or list I chemicals, and the bill was 
then passed.                                                 
  Page S7391
  United States Army Rangers Veterans of World War II Congressional 
Gold Medal Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs was 
discharged from further consideration of S. 1872, to award a 
Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the United States Army 
Rangers Veterans of World War II in recognition of their extraordinary 
service during World War II, and the bill was then passed, after 
agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:    
  Pages S7391-92
  Schumer (for Ernst) Amendment No. 3912, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S7392
  National Principals Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 428, recognizing 
October 2021 as ``National Principals Month''.               
  Page S7392
  Nachmanoff Nomination--Cloture: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Michael S. Nachmanoff, of Virginia, to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia.     
Pages S7354-55
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 51 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. EX. 430), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.               
Pages S7354-55
  Nagala Nomination--Cloture: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Sarala Vidya Nagala, of Connecticut, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Connecticut.              
Page S7355
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 52 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. EX. 431), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                   
Page S7355
  Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that at approximately 10 a.m., on Wednesday, October 27, 
2021, Senate resume consideration of the nomination of Omar Antonio 
Williams, of Connecticut, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Connecticut; that at 11 a.m., Senate vote on confirmation 
of the nominations of Michael S. Nachmanoff, of Virginia, to be United 
States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Sarala 
Vidya Nagala, of Connecticut, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Connecticut, in the order listed, prior to the vote on 
the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Omar Antonio 
Williams, of Connecticut, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Connecticut; provided further that at 2:15 p.m., Senate 
vote on the motions to invoke cloture on the nominations of Matthew G. 
Olsen, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department of 
Justice, and Christopher H. Schroeder, of North Carolina, to be 
Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, in the order listed; 
that at 5:15 p.m., Senate vote on the motions to invoke cloture on the 
nominations of Hampton Y. Dellinger, of North Carolina, to be an 
Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, and Elizabeth 
Prelogar, of Idaho, to be Solicitor General of the United States, 
Department of Justice, in the order listed; and that notwithstanding 
Rule XXII, if cloture is

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invoked on any of the nominations, Senate vote on confirmation thereon 
at a time to be determined by the Majority Leader, in consultation with 
the Republican Leader.                                       
Page S7392
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Jeffry Lane Flake, of Arizona, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Turkey.
  Tom Udall, of New Mexico, to be Ambassador to New Zealand, and to 
serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to 
the Independent State of Samoa.
  Victoria Reggie Kennedy, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Austria.
  Cindy Hensley McCain, of Arizona, for the rank of Ambassador during 
her tenure of service as U.S. Representative to the United Nations 
Agencies for Food and Agriculture.                           
Page S7355
  By 52 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. EX. 432), Jia M. Cobb, of Virginia, 
to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia. 
                                                  Pages S7351-53, S7362
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 51 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. EX. 427), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                   
Page S7353
  By 56 yeas to 38 nays (Vote No. EX. 433), Karen McGlashan Williams, 
of New Jersey, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
New Jersey.                                          
Pages S7353, S7362
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 58 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. EX. 428), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                   
Page S7353
  By 68 yeas to 27 nays (Vote No. EX. 434), Patricia Tolliver Giles, of 
Virginia, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
of Virginia.                                      
Pages S7353-54, S7362
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 69 yeas to 29 nays (Vote No. EX. 429), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.               
Pages S7353-54
Messages from the House:                                     
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Measures Referred:                                       
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Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
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Executive Reports of Committees:                             
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Notice of a Tie Vote Under S. Res. 27                    
  Pages S7363-64
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S7369-70
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S7370-73
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S7366-67
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S7373-91
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S7391
Record Votes: Eight record votes were taken today. (Total--434) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:27 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, October 27, 2021. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S7392.)