[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 102 (Wednesday, June 15, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D660-D661]
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                                           Wednesday, June 15, 2022

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2947-S2981
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and seven resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 4405-4414, and S. Res. 675-681.           
  Pages S2967-68
Measures Passed:
  Joint Consolidation Loan Separation Act: Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions was discharged from further 
consideration of S. 1098, to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to 
authorize borrowers to separate joint consolidation loans, and the bill 
was then passed, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed 
thereto:                                                     
  Page S2961
  Kelly (for Warner) Amendment No. 5097, in the nature of a substitute.
                                                             Page S2961
  Juneteenth National Independence Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 679, 
commemorating June 19, 2022, as ``Juneteenth National Independence 
Day'' in recognition of June 19, 1865, the date on which news of the 
end of slavery reached the slaves in the Southwestern States. 
                                                             Page S2961
  National Cybersecurity Education Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 680, 
designating June 2022 as ``National Cybersecurity Education Month''. 
                                                             Page S2961
  USS Oklahoma City: Senate agreed to S. Res. 681, recognizing the 
service of the Los Angeles-class attack submarine the USS Oklahoma City 
and the crews of the USS Oklahoma City, who served the United States 
with valor and bravery.                                      
  Page S2961
Measures Considered:
Honoring Our Pact Act--Agreement: Senate continued consideration of 
H.R. 3967, to improve health care and benefits for veterans exposed to 
toxic substances, taking action on the following amendments proposed 
thereto:                                                 
  Pages S2947-58
Adopted:
  By 84 yeas to 15 nays (Vote No. 226), Tester/Moran Amendment No. 
5051, in the nature of a substitute.                         
Page S2951
Withdrawn:
  Schumer Amendment No. 5065 (to Amendment No. 5051), to add an 
effective date.                                              
Page S2951
  Schumer Amendment No. 5076 (to the text proposed to be stricken by 
Amendment No. 5051), to add an effective date.               
Page S2951
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 76 yeas to 23 nays (Vote No. 227), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on the bill.           
Page S2951
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill, post-cloture, at approximately 10 a.m., on 
Thursday, June 16, 2022; that all time during adjournment, recess, 
morning business, and Leader remarks count post-cloture on the bill, 
and that all time be considered expired at 11:15 a.m.; and that upon 
disposition of the bill, Senate vote on the motions to invoke cloture 
on the nominations of Ana Isabel de Alba, of California, to be United 
States District Judge for the Eastern District of California, and Mary 
T. Boyle, of Maryland, to be a Commissioner of the Consumer Product 
Safety Commission, and that if cloture is invoked on either nomination, 
all post-cloture time be expired and the votes on confirmation of the 
nominations occur at a time to be determined by the Majority Leader, or 
his designee, in consultation with the Republican Leader.    
Page S2976
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget: By 29 yeas to 67 nays (Vote No. 
228), Senate failed to agree to the motion to proceed to consideration 
of S. Con. Res. 41, setting forth the congressional budget for the 
United States Government for fiscal year 2023 and setting forth the 
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2024 through 2032, on 
Wednesday, June 15, 2022.                                
  Pages S2958-60
National World War II Memorial Commemorative Coin Act--Agreement: A 
unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that if the Senate 
receives a message from the House of Representatives that it has passed 
H.R. 1057, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in 
commemoration of the National World War II Memorial in

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Washington, DC, and if the text of the bill as passed is identical to 
S. 1596, that at a time to be determined by the Majority Leader, or his 
designee, in consultation with the Republican Leader, the bill be 
considered read a third time and Senate vote on passage of the bill. 
                                                         Pages S2961-62
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 63 yeas to 32 nays (Vote No. EX. 229), Alan M. Leventhal, of 
Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark.   
Page S2960
  Ventris C. Gibson, of Virginia, to be Director of the Mint for a term 
of five years.                                               
Page S2961
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Radha Iyengar Plumb, of New York, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of 
Defense.
  Julie D. Fisher, of Tennessee, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Cyprus.
  Christopher T. Robinson, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Latvia.
  Stephanie Sanders Sullivan, of Maryland, to be Representative of the 
United States of America to the African Union, with the rank and status 
of Ambassador.
  Bradley N. Garcia, of Maryland, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the District of Columbia Circuit.
  Dana M. Douglas, of Louisiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Fifth Circuit.
  Roopali H. Desai, of Arizona, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Ninth Circuit.
  Maria del R. Antongiorgi-Jordan, of Puerto Rico, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico.
  Camille L. Velez-Rive, of Puerto Rico, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Puerto Rico.
  Gina R. Mendez-Miro, of Puerto Rico, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Puerto Rico.
  Jerry W. Blackwell, of Minnesota, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Minnesota.                               
Page S2981
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S2964
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S2964
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                             
  Page S2964
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S2964-66
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S2966-67
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S2968-69
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S2969-75
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S2962-64
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S2975-76
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S2976
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--229) 
                                                     Pages S2951, S2960
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:46 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Thursday, June 16, 2022. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S2976.)