[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 22 (Thursday, February 3, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D115-D117]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                         Thursday, February 3, 2022

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S503-S528
Measures Introduced: Eighteen bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 3569-3586, and S. Res. 503-505. 
                                                          Pages S523-24
Measures Reported:
  Report to accompany S. 66, to require the Inter-Agency Task Force on 
Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia to develop a plan for reducing, 
mitigating, and controlling harmful algal blooms and hypoxia in South 
Florida. (S. Rept. No. 117-64)
  Report to accompany S. 198, to require the Federal Communications 
Commission to incorporate data on maternal health outcomes into its 
broadband health maps. (S. Rept. No. 117-65)
  Report to accompany S. 1747, to provide for an equitable management 
of summer flounder based on geographic, scientific, and economic data. 
(S. Rept. No. 117-66)
  Report to accompany S. 2299, to modify the age requirement for the 
Student Incentive Payment Program of the State maritime academies. (S. 
Rept. No. 117-67)
  H.R. 960, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 3493 Burnet Avenue in Cincinnati, Ohio, as the 
``John H. Leahr and Herbert M. Heilbrun Post Office''.
  S. 998, to provide grants to States that do not suspend, revoke, or 
refuse to renew a driver's license of a person or refuse to renew a 
registration of a motor vehicle for failure to pay a civil or criminal 
fine or fee, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 1787, to amend title 28 of the United States Code to prevent the 
transfer of actions arising under the antitrust laws in which a State 
is a complainant.                                             
Page S523
Measures Passed:
  Commemorating the Success of the United States Olympic and Paralympic 
Teams: Senate agreed to S. Res. 505, commemorating the success of the 
United States Olympic and Paralympic Teams in the past 24 Olympic 
Winter Games and 12 Paralympic Winter Games and supporting the United 
States Olympic and Paralympic Teams in the 2022 Olympic Winter Games 
and Paralympic Winter Games.                                  
  Page S527
  Coffeyville Community College Red Ravens Men's Basketball Team: 
Senate agreed to S. Res. 504, commending and congratulating the 
Coffeyville Community College Red Ravens men's basketball team on 
winning the 2021 National Junior College Athletic Association Division 
I men's basketball championship.                              
  Page S527
  National Trafficking and Modern Slavery Prevention Month: Committee 
on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 
500, supporting the observation of National Trafficking and Modern 
Slavery Prevention Month during the period beginning on January 1, 
2022, and ending on February 1, 2022, to raise awareness of, and 
opposition to, human trafficking and modern slavery, and the resolution 
was then agreed to.                                           
  Page S527
  VA Naming Facilities: Committee on Veterans' Affairs was discharged 
from further consideration of S. 3527, to amend title 38, United States 
Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transfer the 
name of property of the Department of Veterans Affairs designated by 
law to other property of the Department, and the bill was then passed, 
after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                          Pages S527-28
  Wyden (for Tester/Moran) Amendment No. 4923, in the nature of a 
substitute.                                               
Pages S527-28
  Andrew K. Baker Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic: Committee on 
Veterans' Affairs was discharged from further consideration of S. 2159, 
to designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs located at 400 College Drive, Middleburg, Florida, as 
the ``Andrew K. Baker Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic'', and the 
bill was then passed.                                         
  Page S528
  Navy Corpsman Steve Andrews Department of Veterans Affairs Health 
Care Clinic: Committee on Veterans' Affairs was discharged from further

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consideration of H.R. 1281, to name the Department of Veterans Affairs 
community-based outpatient clinic in Gaylord, Michigan, as the ``Navy 
Corpsman Steve Andrews Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care 
Clinic'', and the bill was then passed.                       
  Page S528
Appointments:
  Commission on Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution Reform: 
The Chair, pursuant to Public Law 117-81, on behalf of the Chairman of 
the Senate Committee on Appropriations, appointed the following 
individual to serve as a member of the Commission on Planning, 
Programming, Budgeting, and Execution Reform: Jennifer Santos of 
Virginia.                                                     
  Page S527
Baker Nomination--Cloture: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Alexandra Baker, of New Jersey, to be a Deputy Under 
Secretary of Defense.                                     
  Pages S503-07
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 70 yeas to 24 nays (Vote No. EX. 33), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                    
Page S507
Lewis Nomination--Cloture: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Reta Jo Lewis, of Georgia, to be President of the Export-
Import Bank of the United States.                         
  Pages S507-08
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 54 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. EX. 34), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                
Pages S507-08
Stark Nomination--Cloture: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Leonard Philip Stark, of Delaware, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit.                    
  Pages S508-16
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 54 yeas to 33 nays (Vote No. EX. 35), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                    
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MacBride Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was 
reached providing that at a time to be determined by the Majority 
Leader, in consultations with the Republican Leader, Senate begin 
consideration of the nomination of Neil Harvey MacBride, of Virginia, 
to be General Counsel for the Department of the Treasury, that there be 
30 minutes for debate equally divided in the usual form on the 
nomination; and that upon the use or yielding back of time, Senate 
vote, without intervening action or debate, on confirmation of the 
nomination.                                                   
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Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that all post-cloture time with respect to all nominations on 
which cloture was invoked on February 2 and 3, 2022, be considered 
expired, and that the votes on confirmation of the nominations be at a 
time to be determined by the Majority Leader, in consultation with the 
Republican Leader.                                            
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  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 5:30 
p.m., on Monday February 7, 2022, Senate vote on confirmation of the 
nominations of Ebony M. Scott, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, and 
Donald Walker Tunnage, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate 
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, as provided 
under the previous order.                                     
Page S528
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Claudia Slacik, of New York, to be a Director of the Securities 
Investor Protection Corporation for a term expiring December 31, 2023.
  Thomas E. Rothman, of California, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term 
expiring January 31, 2026.
  Elizabeth M. Sembler, of Florida, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term 
expiring January 31, 2026.
  Laura Gore Ross, of New York, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term 
expiring January 31, 2028.                                    
Page S517
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Michael J. Adler, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
South Sudan.
  John T. Godfrey, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
the Sudan.
  Edward Gabriel, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace for a term 
of four years.
  Nathalie Rayes, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the United States Institute of Peace for a term of four 
years.
  Mary Green Swig, of California, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the United States Institute of Peace for a term of four 
years.
  Dara Lindenbaum, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Election 
Commission for a term expiring April 30, 2027.                
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Executive Communications:                                 
  Pages S520-23
Executive Reports of Committees:                              
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Additional Cosponsors:                                        
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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:               
  Pages S524-26
Additional Statements:                                    
  Pages S518-20
Amendments Submitted:                                         
  Page S526
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                       
  Pages S526-27
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--35) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and recessed at 4:41 p.m., 
until 3 p.m. on Monday, February 7, 2022. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S528.)