[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 197 (Thursday, November 30, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S5687]
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                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

                             Cloture Motion

       We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the 
     provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, 
     do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination 
     of Executive Calendar No. 144, Elizabeth H. Richard, of 
     Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, 
     Class of Career Minister, to be Coordinator for 
     Counterterrorism, with the rank and status of Ambassador at 
     Large.
         Charles E. Schumer, Robert Menendez, Benjamin L. Cardin, 
           Christopher Murphy, Richard Blumenthal, Jeanne Shaheen, 
           Alex Padilla, Tim Kaine, Richard J. Durbin, Catherine 
           Cortez Masto, Sheldon Whitehouse, Christopher A. Coons, 
           Margaret Wood Hassan, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Debbie 
           Stabenow, Raphael G. Warnock, Tammy Duckworth.

  Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum calls 
for the cloture motions filed today, November 30, be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. SCHUMER. I yield the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Tennessee.