[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 192 (Tuesday, November 2, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1217-D1218]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                          Tuesday, November 2, 2021

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7577-S7686
Measures Introduced: Fifteen bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 3129-3143, and S. Res. 436.                   
  Page S7602
Measures Passed:
  Wildland Fires: Senate agreed to S. Res. 436, honoring the 
individuals fighting and the individuals who have fallen responding to 
wildland fires during the ongoing 2021 wildfire season.      
  Page S7685
  Veterans and Family Information Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs 
was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 2093, to direct the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make all fact sheets of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs available in English, Spanish, and Tagalog, and 
other commonly spoken languages, and the bill was then passed. 
                                                             Page S7685
  Cameras in VA Medical Facilities: Committee on Veterans' Affairs was 
discharged from further consideration of H.R. 1510, to direct the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a report on the use 
of cameras in medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
and the bill was then passed.                                
  Page S7685
  National Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of S. Res. 410, supporting the goals and ideals of 
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month to raise awareness and enhance 
the state of cybersecurity in the United States, and the resolution was 
then agreed to.                                          
  Pages S7685-86
Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina Recognition Act--Agreement: A unanimous-
consent agreement was reached providing that S. 1364, to provide for 
the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, be referred to 
the Committee on Indian Affairs.                             
  Page S7597
John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act--Agreement: A unanimous-
consent agreement was reached providing that notwithstanding Rule XXII, 
at 2:15 p.m., on Wednesday, November 3, 2021, the motion to invoke 
cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 4, to amend the 
Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the criteria for determining which 
States and political subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the Act, 
ripen and Senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture.       
  Page S7686
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, notification of the President's intent 
to terminate the designation of the Federal Democratic Republic of 
Ethiopia (Ethiopia), the Republic of Guinea (Guinea), and the Republic 
of Mali (Mali) as beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries under the 
African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA); which was referred to the 
Committee on Finance. (PM-16)                                
Page S7597
Santos Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
nomination of Robert Luis Santos, of Texas, to be Director of the 
Census.                                                  
  Pages S7579-81
  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 on Thursday, November 4, 2021.
                                                             Page S7579
  Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the 
following action:
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session. 
                                                             Page S7579
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to 
consider the nomination.                                     
Page S7579
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination at approximately 10 a.m., on Wednesday, 
November 3, 2021.                                            
Page S7686
Harris Nomination: Senate resumed consideration of the nomination of 
Benjamin Harris, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Treasury.                                      
  Pages S7581-82, S7591-93
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 79 yeas to 20 nays (Vote No. EX. 452), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                   
Page S7582

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Coleman Nomination: Senate resumed consideration of the nomination of 
Isobel Coleman, of New York, to be a Deputy Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development.             
  Pages S7582-83
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 59 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. EX. 453), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                   
Page S7582
Prieto Nomination: Senate resumed consideration of the nomination of 
Jeffrey M. Prieto, of California, to be an Assistant Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency.                     
  Pages S7583-84
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 56 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. EX. 454), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.               
Pages S7583-84
Nayak Nomination: Senate resumed consideration of the nomination of 
Rajesh D. Nayak, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor. 
                                                         Pages S7584-91
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 53 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. EX. 455), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                   
Page S7584
Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that all post-cloture time on the nominations of Benjamin 
Harris, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, 
Isobel Coleman, of New York, to be a Deputy Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, Jeffrey M. Prieto, of 
California, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, and Rajesh D. Nayak, of Maryland, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Labor, be considered expired; and that at 11 a.m., on 
Wednesday, November 3, 2021, Senate vote on confirmation of the 
nominations of Benjamin Harris, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of the Treasury, and Isobel Coleman, of New York, to be a 
Deputy Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, and at 5:15 p.m., Senate vote on confirmation of the 
nominations of Jeffrey M. Prieto, of California, to be an Assistant 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and Rajesh D. 
Nayak, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor, all in the 
order listed.                                                
  Page S7595
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 88 yeas to 10 nays (Vote No. EX. 456), Jonathan Davidson, of 
Maryland, to be Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury. 
                                                  Pages S7577-78, S7591
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 88 yeas to 11 nays (Vote No. EX. 451), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                   
Page S7581
  David L. Cohen, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to Canada. 
                                                         Pages S7593-94
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.             
Page S7595
Nomination Received: Senate received the following nomination:
  Saule T. Omarova, of New York, to be Comptroller of the Currency for 
a term of five years.                                        
Page S7686
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S7597
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S7597
Executive Communications:                             
  Pages S7597-S7602
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S7602
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S7602-04
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S7604-05
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S7596-97
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S7605-85
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S7685
Record Votes: Six record votes were taken today. (Total--456) 
                                                  Pages S7581-84, S7591
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:01 a.m. and adjourned at 7:05 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, November 3, 2021. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S7686.)