[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 149 (Thursday, September 15, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S4634]
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                       Vote on Pekoske Nomination

  Mr. HOEVEN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the vote 
scheduled for 1:45 p.m. commence.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Pekoske 
nomination?
  Mr. HOEVEN. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator 
from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the 
Senator from Iowa (Ms. Ernst), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), and 
the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott).
  The result was announced--yeas 77, nays 18, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 338 Ex.]

                                YEAS--77

     Baldwin
     Barrasso
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Blunt
     Booker
     Brown
     Burr
     Cantwell
     Capito
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Coons
     Cornyn
     Cortez Masto
     Crapo
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Fischer
     Gillibrand
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hassan
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Kaine
     Kelly
     Kennedy
     King
     Klobuchar
     Leahy
     Lujan
     Lummis
     Manchin
     Markey
     McConnell
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murkowski
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Peters
     Portman
     Reed
     Risch
     Romney
     Rosen
     Rounds
     Sanders
     Sasse
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Shelby
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Sullivan
     Tester
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wicker
     Wyden
     Young

                                NAYS--18

     Blackburn
     Boozman
     Braun
     Cotton
     Daines
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Lankford
     Lee
     Marshall
     Paul
     Rubio
     Scott (FL)
     Tuberville

                             NOT VOTING--5

     Cramer
     Cruz
     Ernst
     Moran
     Scott (SC)
  The nomination was confirmed.
  (Mr. VAN HOLLEN assumed the Chair.)
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Cortez Masto). Under the previous order, 
the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table. 
The President will be immediately notified of the Senate's action and 
the Senate will resume legislative session.

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