[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 209 (Tuesday, December 19, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S6042]
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                       Vote on Richard Nomination

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Will the Senate advise and 
consent to the Richard nomination?
  Mr. CARDIN. 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. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from California (Mr. 
Padilla), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), and the Senator from 
Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) are necessarily absent.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator 
from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. 
Blackburn), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman), the Senator from 
Indiana (Mr. Braun), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Budd), the 
Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito), the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Cassidy), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from 
North Dakota (Mr. Cramer), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), and the 
Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines).
  Further, if present and voting: the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Braun) 
would have voted ``aye.''
  The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Iowa 
(Ms. Ernst), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator 
from Tennessee (Mr. Hagerty), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Hawley), 
the Senator from Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith), the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee), the Senator 
from Wyoming (Ms. Lummis), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Marshall), the 
Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. 
Mullin).
  Further, if present and voting: the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Marshall) would have voted ``nay.''
  The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from 
Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul), the 
Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Romney), the 
Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), the Senator from Florida (Mr. 
Rubio), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Schmitt), the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Scott), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott), the 
Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis), and the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Vance).
  Further, if present and voting: the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. 
Tillis) would have voted ``aye'', the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. 
Budd) would have voted ``nay'', the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Vance) would 
have voted ``nay'', and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Scott) would have 
voted ``nay.''
  The result was announced--yeas 49, nays 15, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 352 Ex.]

                                YEAS--49

     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Brown
     Butler
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Coons
     Cortez Masto
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Fetterman
     Gillibrand
     Hassan
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Kaine
     Kelly
     King
     Klobuchar
     Lujan
     Manchin
     Markey
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Peters
     Reed
     Rosen
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Welch
     Whitehouse
     Wyden
     Young

                                NAYS--15

     Britt
     Collins
     Cotton
     Crapo
     Fischer
     Grassley
     Hoeven
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     McConnell
     Ricketts
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Tuberville
     Wicker

                             NOT VOTING--36

     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Boozman
     Braun
     Budd
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Cornyn
     Cramer
     Cruz
     Daines
     Ernst
     Graham
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     Hyde-Smith
     Johnson
     Lee
     Lummis
     Marshall
     Moran
     Mullin
     Murkowski
     Padilla
     Paul
     Risch
     Romney
     Rounds
     Rubio
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schmitt
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Tillis
     Vance
  The nomination was confirmed.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Welch). Under the previous order, the 
motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and 
the President will be immediately notified of the Senate's action.
  The Senator from New Jersey.