[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 41 (Tuesday, March 8, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D234-D235]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                             Tuesday, March 8, 2022

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed H.R. 3076, Postal Service Reform Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1023-S1068
Measures Introduced: Seventeen bills and four resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 3772-3788, S. Res. 538-540, and S. Con. Res. 
32.                                                      
  Pages S1058-59
Measures Passed:
  Postal Service Reform Act: By 79 yeas to 19 nays (Vote No. 71), 
Senate passed H.R. 3076, to provide stability to and enhance the 
services of the United States Postal Service, after taking action on 
the following amendment and motion proposed thereto:    
  Pages S1023-31, S1031-1048
Withdrawn:
  Schumer (for Peters) Amendment No. 4955, to modify the deadline for 
the initial report on the operations and financial condition of the 
United States Postal Service.                                
Page S1046
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 68 yeas to 30 nays (Vote No. 70), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to waive section 3101 of the concurrent resolution on the 
budget for fiscal year 2016, with respect to the bill. Subsequently, 
the point of order that the bill was in violation of section 3101 of 
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2016, was not 
sustained, and thus the point of order fell.             
Pages S1046-47
  Officer Evans Memorial Plaque: Senate agreed to S. Res. 539, 
directing the Architect of the Capitol to obtain and place a memorial 
plaque for the United States Capitol Police Officer William F. Evans at 
the north security kiosk of the Capitol.                     
  Page S1066
  South Florida Clean Coastal Waters Act: Senate passed 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.               
  Pages S1066-67
  CADETS Act: Senate passed S. 2299, to modify the age requirement for 
the Student Incentive Payment Program of the State maritime academies. 
                                                             Page S1067
Appointments:
  Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United 
States: The Chair, on behalf of the Majority Leader, pursuant to the 
provisions of Public Law 117-81, appointed the following individual to 
serve as a member of the Congressional Commission on the Strategic 
Posture of the United States: Robert M. Scher of the District of 
Columbia.                                                    
  Page S1050
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers 
Act and the National Emergencies Act, a report relative to the issuance 
of an Executive Order with respect to the Russian Federation's 
unjustified, unprovoked, unyielding, and unconscionable war against 
Ukraine, and expanding the scope of the national emergency with respect 
to the Russian Federation originally declared in Executive Order 14024 
of April 15, 2021; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-26)                      
Pages S1050-51
Gonzalez Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination 
of Ed Gonzalez, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Homeland 
Security, be withdrawn.                                      
  Page S1048
Pagan Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Maria L. Pagan, of Puerto Rico, to be a Deputy United 
States Trade Representative (Geneva Office), with the rank of 
Ambassador.                                              
  Pages S1048-50

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  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 78 yeas to 19 nays (Vote No. EX. 72), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                   
Page S1048
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that Senate vote 
on confirmation of the nomination at a time to be determined by the 
Majority Leader, or his designee, following consultation with the 
Republican Leader.                                           
Page S1039
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that all post-
cloture time on the nomination be considered expired, with all previous 
provisions remaining in effect.                              
Page S1050
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Paul M. Rosen, of California, to be Assistant Secretary of the 
Treasury for Investment Security.
  David Applegate, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of the United States 
Geological Survey.
  Evelyn Wang, of Massachusetts, to be Director of the Advanced 
Research Projects Agency-Energy, Department of Energy.
  Joseph Goffman, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency.
  Robert A. Wood, of New York, to be an Alternate Representative of the 
United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the 
United Nations, during his tenure of service as Alternate 
Representative of the United States of America for Special Political 
Affairs in the United Nations.
  Kate Elizabeth Heinzelman, of New York, to be General Counsel of the 
Central Intelligence Agency.
  18 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.            
Pages S1067-68
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S1051
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S1051
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S1051-53
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S1053-59
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S1059-61
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S1061-65
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S1050
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S1065
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--72) 
                                                         Pages S1047-48
Recess: Senate convened at 10:30 a.m. and recessed at 7:12 p.m., until 
10 a.m. on Thursday, March 10, 2022. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1067.)