[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 144 (Thursday, September 8, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D943-D944]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                        Thursday, September 8, 2022

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4497-S4525
Measures Introduced: Twelve bills and four resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 4802-4813, S.J. Res. 60, and S. Res. 754-756. 
                                                         Pages S4513-14
Measures Reported:
  S. 4808, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform 
retirement provisions. (S. Rept. No. 117-142)                
Page S4513
Measures Passed:
  Solid Start Act: Senate passed S. 1198, to amend title 38, United 
States Code, to improve and expand the Solid Start program of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, after agreeing to the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.                     
  Page S4519
  Patient Advocate Tracker Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs was 
discharged from further consideration of H.R. 5754, to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to improve the ability of veterans to 
electronically submit complaints about the delivery of health care 
services by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the bill was then 
passed.                                                  
  Pages S4519-20
  Jackie Walorski VA Clinic: Senate passed H.R. 8656, to designate the 
clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Mishawaka, Indiana, as 
the ``Jackie Walorski VA Clinic''.                           
  Page S4520
Mendoza Nomination--Cloture: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Salvador Mendoza, Jr., of Washington, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit.                     
  Pages S4503-09
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 48 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. EX. 330), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                   
Page S4509
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that all post-
cloture time on the nomination be considered expired; that Senate vote 
on confirmation of the nomination at 5:30 p.m., on Monday, September 
12, 2022; and that following disposition of the nomination, Senate vote 
on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Arianna J. 
Freeman, of Pennsylvania, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Third Circuit.                                           
Pages S4509-10
Montecalvo Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
nomination of Lara E. Montecalvo, of Rhode Island, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the First Circuit.
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, 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 Arianna J. Freeman, of Pennsylvania, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit.                         
Page S4509
  Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the 
following action:
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session. 
                                                             Page S4509
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to 
consider the nomination.                                     
Page S4509
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that Senate 
resume consideration of the nomination at approximately 3 p.m., on 
Monday, September 12, 2022.                                  
Page S4509
Pekoske Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was 
reached providing that at a time to be determined by the Majority 
Leader, in consultation with the Republican Leader, Senate begin 
consideration of the nomination of David P. Pekoske, of Maryland, to be 
Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration; that there 
be ten minutes for debate equally divided in the usual form on the 
nomination; and that upon the use or yielding back of time, Senate vote 
on confirmation of the nomination, without intervening action or 
debate.                                                      
  Page S4510
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 48 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. EX. 329), Andre B. Mathis, of 
Tennessee, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit. 
                                                         Pages S4500-03
  Dimitri Kusnezov, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary for Science and 
Technology, Department of Homeland Security.

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  Jennifer H. Rearden, of New York, to be United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of New York.
  Puneet Talwar, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the 
Kingdom of Morocco.
  Natalie K. Wight, of Oregon, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of Oregon for the term of four years.               
Page S4525
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Patrick Leahy, of Vermont, to be a Representative of the United 
States of America to the Seventy-seventh Session of the General 
Assembly of the United Nations.
  James E. Risch, of Idaho, to be a Representative of the United States 
of America to the Seventy-seventh Session of the General Assembly of 
the United Nations.
  Carol Leslie Hamilton, of California, to be a Representative of the 
United States of America to the Seventy-seventh Session of the General 
Assembly of the United Nations.
  Andrew J. Weinstein, of Florida, to be a Representative of the United 
States of America to the Seventy-seventh Session of the General 
Assembly of the United Nations.
  S. Douglas Bunch, of Virginia, to be a Representative of the United 
States of America to the Seventy-seventh Session of the General 
Assembly of the United Nations.
  Donna Ann Welton, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Democratic 
Republic of Timor-Leste.
  George P. Kent, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Estonia.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, and Navy.        
Pages S4520-25
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S4511-13
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S4513
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S4514-15
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S4515-18
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S4510-11
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S4518-19
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S4519
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--330) 
                                                     Pages S4503, S4509
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 3:05 p.m., 
until 3 p.m. on Monday, September 12, 2022. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4520.)