[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 26, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D408-D409]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                            Tuesday, April 26, 2022

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2135-S2171
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 4081-4090, and S. Res. 595.                  
  Pages S2153-54
Measures Passed:
  Veterans Rapid Retraining Assistance Program: Senate passed S. 4089, 
to restore entitlement to educational assistance under Veterans Rapid 
Retraining Program in cases of a closure of an educational institution 
or a disapproval of a program of education.                  
  Page S2170
  Honoring the Life of Madeleine K. Albright: Committee on the 
Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 585, 
honoring the life, achievements, and legacy of the Honorable Madeleine 
K. Albright, and the resolution was then agreed to.          
  Page S2170
  National Osteopathic Medicine Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 595, 
designating the week of April 18 through April 24, 2022, as ``National 
Osteopathic Medicine Week''.                                 
  Page S2170
  Authorizing the Use of the Capitol Grounds: Senate agreed to H. Con. 
Res. 74, authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the National 
Peace Officers Memorial Service and the National Honor Guard and Pipe 
Band Exhibition.                                             
  Page S2170
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Printing--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing that the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
from the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights be printed in the 
Record.                                                  
  Pages S2157-69
Cook Nomination: By 47 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. EX. 137), Senate 
rejected the motion to close further debate on the nomination of Lisa 
DeNell Cook, of Michigan, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of 
the Federal Reserve System.                              
  Pages S2143-45
  Senator Schumer entered a motion to reconsider the vote by which 
cloture was not invoked on the nomination.               
Pages S2143-45
Bedoya Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Alvaro 
M. Bedoya, of Maryland, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner, be 
withdrawn.                                               
  Pages S2143-45
Garnett Nomination--Agreement: Senate continued consideration of the 
nomination of Sherilyn Peace Garnett, of California, to be United 
States District Judge for the Central District of California. 
                                                         Pages S2145-50
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination at approximately 2 p.m., on Wednesday, 
April 27, 2022; and that the motions to invoke cloture filed during the 
session of Monday, April 25, 2022, ripen at 3:30 p.m., on Wednesday, 
April 27, 2022.                                          
Pages S2170-71
Gomez Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Lisa 
M. Gomez, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor, be 
withdrawn.                                               
  Pages S2145-50
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 52 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. EX. 136), Lael Brainard, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of 
the Federal Reserve System for a term of four years. 
                                               Pages S2135-42, S2142-43
Nomination Received: Senate received the following nomination:
  Bridget A. Brink, of Michigan, to be Ambassador to Ukraine. 
                                                             Page S2171
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S2152
Measures Read the First Time:                     
  Pages S2152, S2169-70
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S2152-53
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S2153
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S2154-56
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S2156-57
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S2151-52

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Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S2157
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--137) 
                                                         Pages S2142-43
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:38 p.m., 
until 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 27, 2022. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S    
  .)