[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 43 (Tuesday, March 7, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D195-D196]
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                                             Tuesday, March 7, 2023

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S659-S676
Measures Introduced: Twenty-eight bills and one resolution were 
introduced, as follows: S. 666-693, and S. Res. 95.       
  Pages S668-69
Measures Reported:
  S. 30, to authorize major medical facility projects for the 
Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2023, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute.                                
Page S668
Appointments:
  James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation: The Chair, on behalf of 
the President pro tempore, pursuant to the provisions of Public Law 99-
591, as amended by Public Law 102-221, appointed the following member 
of the United States Senate for appointment as a Senate Trustee to the 
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation: Senator Wicker. 
                                                              Page S673
Kunesh Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Patrice H. Kunesh, of Minnesota, to be Commissioner of 
the Administration for Native Americans, Department of Health and Human 
Services.                                                 
  Pages S667-68
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 62 yeas to 34 nays (Vote No. EX. 46), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                
Pages S667-68
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination, post-cloture, at approximately 10 
a.m., on Wednesday, March 8, 2023; that all post-cloture time be 
considered expired at 10:45 a.m., and Senate then vote on confirmation 
of the nomination, followed by a vote on the motion to invoke cloture 
on the nomination of Daniel I. Werfel, of the District of Columbia, to 
be Commissioner of Internal Revenue; that if cloture is invoked on the 
nomination of Daniel I. Werfel, the vote on confirmation of the 
nomination be at a time to be determined by the Majority Leader, in 
consultation with the Republican Leader; provided further that 
following the vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of 
Daniel I. Werfel, and notwithstanding Rule XXII, Senator Hagerty or his 
designee be recognized to make a motion to discharge the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs from further consideration 
of H.J. Res. 26, disapproving the action of the District of Columbia 
Council in approving the Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022; that if the 
motion is made, all time on the motion be considered yielded back and 
Senate vote on the motion to discharge; and that if the motion is 
agreed to, Senator Hagerty or his designee be recognized to make a 
motion to proceed.                                        
Pages S673-74
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 59 yeas to 37 nays (Vote No. EX. 41), Robert Stewart Ballou, of 
Virginia, to be United States District Judge for the Western District 
of Virginia.                                              
Pages S659-64
  By 56 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. EX. 43), Andrew G. Schopler, of 
California, to be United States District Judge for the Southern 
District of California.                                   
Pages S664-65
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 57 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. EX. 42), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                    
Page S664
  By 59 yeas to 37 nays (Vote No. EX. 45), Arun Subramanian, of New 
York, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of 
New York.                                                 
Pages S665-67
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 58 yeas to 37 nays (Vote No. EX. 44), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                    
Page S665
  Ismail J. Ramsey, of California, to be United States Attorney for the 
Northern District of California for the term of four years.
  Kate E. Brubacher, of Kansas, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of Kansas for the term of four years.                
Page S668
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages S669-70

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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:               
  Pages S670-73
Additional Statements:                                        
  Page S668
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                           
  Page S673
Record Votes: Six record votes were taken today. (Total--46) 
                                                 Pages S663-65, S667-68
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:35 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S673-74.)