[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 15, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D173-D174]
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                                         Tuesday, February 15, 2022

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S679-S723
Measures Introduced: Six bills and six resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 3649-3654, and S. Res. 512-517.               
  Pages S706-07
Measures Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``Beat China by Harnessing Important, 
National Airwaves for 5G Act of 2020''. (S. Rept. No. 117-79)
  Report to accompany S. 140, to improve data collection and monitoring 
of the Great Lakes, oceans, bays, estuaries, and coasts. (S. Rept. No. 
117-74)
  Report to accompany S. 163, to address the workforce needs of the 
telecommunications industry. (S. Rept. No. 117-75)
  Report to accompany S. 381, to establish the National Ocean Mapping, 
Exploration, and Characterization Council. (S. Rept. No. 117-76)
  Report to accompany S. 1289, to amend the Marine Mammal Protection 
Act of 1972 to reauthorize and modify the John H. Prescott Marine 
Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program. (S. Rept. No. 117-77)
  Report to accompany S. 1894, to designate Regional Ocean Partnerships 
of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (S. Rept. No. 
117-78)                                                       
Page S706
Measures Passed:
  National day of remembrance for the workers of the nuclear weapons 
program of the United States: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged 
from further consideration of S. Res. 438, designating October 30, 
2021, as a national day of remembrance for the workers of the nuclear 
weapons program of the United States, and the resolution was then 
agreed to.                                                    
  Page S722
  Career and Technical Education Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 515, 
supporting the goals and ideals of ``Career and Technical Education 
Month''.                                                      
  Page S722
  National School Counseling Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 516, 
designating the week of February 7 through 11, 2022, as ``National 
School Counseling Week''.                                     
  Page S722
  Authorizing testimony and representation: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
517, to authorize testimony and representation in United States v. 
Reffitt.                                                      
  Page S722
  Captain Emil J. Kapaun Post Office Building: Senate passed H.R. 2044, 
to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 17 East Main Street in Herington, Kansas, as the ``Captain Emil J. 
Kapaun Post Office Building''.                                
  Page S723
  Joseph R. Lentol Post Office: Senate passed H.R. 3419, to designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 66 Meserole 
Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, as the ``Joseph R. Lentol Post Office''. 
                                                              Page S723
  Officer Eric H. Talley Post Office Building: Senate passed H.R. 3210, 
to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 1905 15th Street in Boulder, Colorado, as the ``Officer Eric H. 
Talley Post Office Building''.                                
  Page S723
  John H. Leahr and Herbert M. Heilbrun Post Office: Senate passed 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''.                  
  Page S723
Measures Considered:
Further Additional Extending Government Funding Act--Cloture: Senate 
began consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 
6617, making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2022.                                    
  Page S703
   A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to 
proceed to consideration of the bill, and, in accordance with the 
provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on 
cloture will occur on Thursday, February 17, 2022.            
Page S703
  Prior to the consideration of this bill, Senate took the following 
action:
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session. 
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Wallander Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Celeste Ann Wallander, of Maryland, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Defense.                                     
  Pages S681-88
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination at approximately 10 a.m., on Wednesday, 
February 16, 2022; that at 11:30 a.m., the motions to invoke cloture 
filed during the session of Monday, February 14, 2022, ripen and Senate 
vote on the motions to invoke cloture on the nominations of Celeste Ann 
Wallander, and David A. Honey, of Virginia, to be Deputy Under 
Secretary of Defense, consecutively and in the order listed; and that 
if cloture is invoked on either of the nominations, the votes on 
confirmation of the nominations occur at 3:30 p.m., in the order in 
which cloture was invoked.                                    
Page S723
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 50 yeas to 46 nays, 1 responding present (Vote No. EX. 55), Robert 
McKinnon Califf, of North Carolina, to be Commissioner of Food and 
Drugs, Department of Health and Human Services.               
Page S688
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                              
  Page S704
Executive Communications:                                 
  Pages S704-06
Executive Reports of Committees:                              
  Page S706
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages S707-08
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:               
  Pages S708-12
Additional Statements:                                        
  Page S704
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                           
  Page S712
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--55)    
  Page S688
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:16 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, February 16, 2022. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S723.)