[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 38 (Tuesday, February 28, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D164-D165]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                         Tuesday, February 28, 2023

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S509-S538
Measures Introduced: Thirty-five bills and six resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 539-573, and S. Res. 80-85.    
  Pages S531-32
Measures Passed:
  Improving Access to Our Courts Act: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. 227, to amend title 28, 
United States Code, to provide an additional place for holding court 
for the Pecos Division of the Western District of Texas, and the bill 
was then passed.                                              
  Page S538
  National School Counseling Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 83, 
designating the week of February 6 through 10, 2023, as ``National 
School Counseling Week''.                                     
  Page S538
  Rare Disease Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 84, designating February 
28, 2023, as ``Rare Disease Day''.                            
  Page S538
  National Assistive Technology Awareness Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
85, designating March 1, 2023, as ``National Assistive Technology 
Awareness Day''.                                              
  Page S538
Guzman Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Margaret R. Guzman, of Massachusetts, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Massachusetts.         
  Pages S516-17
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 49 yeas to 48 nays, Vice President voting yea (Vote No. EX. 31), 
Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the nomination. 
                                                              Page S517
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 11:30 
a.m., on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, Senate vote on confirmation of the 
nomination, post-cloture, followed by the vote on the motion to invoke 
cloture on the nomination of Colleen R. Lawless, of Illinois, to be 
United States District Judge for the Central District of Illinois; that 
notwithstanding Rule XXII, at 2:15 p.m., Senate vote on the motion to 
invoke cloture on the nomination of Jonathan James Canada Grey, of 
Michigan, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
of Michigan; that following the vote on the motion to invoke cloture on 
the nomination of Jonathan James Canada Grey, Senate begin 
consideration of H.J. Res. 30, providing for congressional disapproval 
under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted 
by the Department of Labor relating to ``Prudence and Loyalty in 
Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights''; and 
that at 4 p.m., Senate vote on passage of the joint resolution, and 
upon disposition of the joint resolution, notwithstanding Rule XXII, 
Senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of James 
Edward Simmons, Jr., of California, to be United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of California.                      
Page S517
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination of Margaret R. Guzman, of 
Massachusetts, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Massachusetts, post-cloture, at approximately 10 a.m., on Wednesday, 
March 1, 2023.                                                
Page S538
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 52 yeas to 41 nays (Vote No. EX. 26), Jamar K. Walker, of 
Virginia, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
of Virginia.                                              
Pages S511-12
  By 51 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. EX. 28), Jamal N. Whitehead, of 
Washington, to be United States District Judge for the Western District 
of Washington.                                                
Page S513
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 51 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. EX. 27), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                    
Page S513
  By 49 yeas to 48 nays, Vice President voting yea (Vote No. EX. 30), 
Araceli Martinez-Olguin, of California, to be United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of California.
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:

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  By 48 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. EX. 29), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                
Pages S513-16
Messages from the House:                                      
  Page S525
Measures Referred:                                            
  Page S525
Measures Placed on the Calendar:                          
  Pages S525-26
Executive Communications:                                 
  Pages S526-31
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages S532-33
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:               
  Pages S533-38
Additional Statements:                                        
  Page S525
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                           
  Page S538
Record Votes: Six record votes were taken today. (Total--31) 
                                                 Pages S512-14, S516-17
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:43 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S538.)