[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 55 (Tuesday, March 29, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D323-D324]
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                                            Tuesday, March 29, 2022

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1811-S1840
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and eight resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 3942-3951, and S. Res. 559-566.               
  Page S1832
Measures Passed:
  National Asbestos Awareness Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 561, 
designating the first week of April 2022 as ``National Asbestos 
Awareness Week''.                                            
  Page S1836
  National Women in Agriculture Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 562, 
designating March 24, 2022, as ``National Women in Agriculture Day''. 
                                                         Pages S1836-37
  100th Anniversary of passing of Charles Isham Taylor: Senate agreed 
to S. Res. 563, honoring the life and legacy of Charles Isham Taylor on 
the 100th anniversary of his passing.                        
  Page S1837
  Honoring James Frederick ``Jimmy'' Hanley: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
564, honoring the life and legacy of James Frederick ``Jimmy'' Hanley. 
                                                             Page S1837
  Honoring Representative Don Young: Senate agreed to S. Res. 565, 
honoring and celebrating the life and legacy of Representative Don 
Young.                                            
  Pages S1837-38, S1839
Measures Considered:
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the motion 
to proceed to consideration of H.R. 4373, making appropriations for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2022.                       
  Page S1829
  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 upon disposition of the nomination of Cathy Ann Harris, of 
Maryland, to be Chairman of the Merit Systems Protection Board. 
                                                             Page S1829
  Prior to the consideration of this measure, Senate took the following 
action:
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session. 
                                                             Page S1829
Motion to Discharge Cook Nomination: By 50 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. 
EX. 110), Senate agreed to the motion to discharge the nomination of 
Lisa DeNell Cook, of Michigan, to be a Member of the Board of Governors 
of the Federal Reserve System, from the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs. Subsequently, the nomination was placed on the 
Executive Calendar pursuant to the provisions of S. Res. 27, relative 
to Senate procedure in the 117th Congress.           
  Pages S1817, S1840
Motion to Discharge Bedoya Nomination: Pursuant to S. Res. 27, 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation being tied on the 
question of reporting, the Majority Leader made the motion to discharge 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation from further 
consideration of the nomination of Alvaro M. Bedoya, of Maryland, to be 
a Federal Trade Commissioner; under the provisions of S. Res. 27, there 
will be up to 4 hours of debate on the motion, equally divided between 
the two Leaders, or their designees; with no motions, points of order, 
or amendments in order.                                      
  Page S1829
Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that at approximately 10 a.m., on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, 
Senate resume consideration of the nomination of Judith DelZoppo Pryor, 
of Ohio, to be First Vice President of the Export-Import Bank; that the 
motions to invoke cloture filed during the session on Monday, March 28, 
2022, ripen following disposition of the motion to discharge the 
nomination of Alvaro M. Bedoya, of Maryland, to be a Federal Trade 
Commissioner, and that the Senate vote on the motion to discharge the 
nomination of Alvaro M. Bedoya, at 11:45 a.m.; and that if cloture is 
invoked on the nomination of Judith DelZoppo Pryor, all post-cloture 
time on the nomination be considered expired at 1:30 p.m.    
  Page S1839
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:

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  By 57 yeas to 41 nays (Vote No. EX. 113), Nani A. Coloretti, of 
California, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget.                                                      
Page S1826
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 56 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. EX. 111), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.               
Pages S1817-18
  By 52 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. EX. 114), C.S. Eliot Kang, of New 
Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (International Security 
and Non-Proliferation).                                  
Pages S1818-29
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 52 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. EX. 112), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                   
Page S1818
  Christopher John Williamson, of West Virginia, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health.
  Mallory A. Stewart, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of State (Verification and Compliance).
  Lisa A. Carty, of Maryland, to be an Alternate Representative of the 
United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the 
United Nations, during her tenure of service as Representative of the 
United States of America on the Economic and Social Council of the 
United Nations.
  Laura S.H. Holgate, of Virginia, to be Representative of the United 
States of America to the International Atomic Energy Agency, with the 
rank of Ambassador.                                          
Page S1840
Nomination Received: Senate received the following nomination:
  Travis LeBlanc, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Privacy and Civil 
Liberties Oversight Board for a term expiring January 29, 2028. 
                                                             Page S1840
Nomination Discharged: The following nomination were discharged from 
further committee consideration and placed on the Executive Calendar:
  Lisa DeNell Cook, of Michigan, to be a Member of the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System for the unexpired term of 
fourteen years from February 1, 2010, which was sent to the Senate on 
January 13, 2022, from the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs.                                               
Page S1840
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S1830
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
  Page S1830
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S1830-31
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S1831
Notice of a Tie Vote Under S. Res. 27:                       
  Page S1829
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S1832-33
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S1833-38
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S1830
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S1838
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S1838-39
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--114) 
                                                  Pages S1817-18, S1826
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned, as a further 
mark of respect to the memory of the late Representative Don Young, in 
accordance with S. Res. 565, at 7:59 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, 
March 30, 2022. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority 
Leader in today's Record on page S1840.)