[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 17 (Tuesday, January 30, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D87-D88]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                          Tuesday, January 30, 2024

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S277-S290
Measures Introduced: Eighteen bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 3679-3696, and S. Res. 535.                    
  Page S287
Measures Reported:
  S. 2003, to authorize the Secretary of State to provide additional 
assistance to Ukraine using assets confiscated from the Central Bank of 
the Russian Federation and other sovereign assets of the Russian 
Federation, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                              Page S287
Measures Passed:
  Help America Vote Day:  Senate agreed to S. Res. 535, recognizing 
January 30, 2024, as ``Help America Vote Day''.        
  Pages S287, S290
Wang Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the nomination 
of Lisa W. Wang, of the District of Columbia, to be a Judge of the 
United States Court of International Trade.                   
  Page S283
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and, 
in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of the 
nomination of Joseph Goffman, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.         
Page S283
  Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the 
following action:
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session. 
                                                              Page S283
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to 
consider the nomination.                                      
Page S283
Laroski, Jr., Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
nomination of Joseph Albert Laroski, Jr., of Maryland, to be a Judge of 
the United States Court of International Trade.               
  Page S283
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and, 
in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of the 
nomination of Lisa W. Wang, of the District of Columbia, to be a Judge 
of the United States Court of International Trade.            
Page S283
  Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the 
following action:
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session. 
                                                              Page S283
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to 
consider the nomination.                                      
Page S283
Mehalchick, Sherriff, and Goffman Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-
consent agreement was reached providing that at approximately 10 a.m., 
on Wednesday, January 31, 2024, Senate resume consideration of the 
nomination of Karoline Mehalchick, of Pennsylvania, to be United States 
District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania; that 
notwithstanding Rule XXII, at 11:30 a.m., Senate vote on confirmation 
of the nomination of Kirk Edward Sherriff, of California, to be United 
States District Judge for the Eastern District of California, to be 
immediately followed by a vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the 
nomination of Karoline Mehalchick; that if cloture has been invoked on 
the nomination of Karoline Mehalchick, all time be considered expired 
at 2:15 p.m.; and that if cloture is invoked on the nomination of 
Joseph Goffman, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency, all time be considered expired at 
5:30 p.m.                                                     
  Page S290
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By 66 yeas to 25 nays (Vote No. EX. 25), Joshua Paul Kolar, of 
Indiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit. 
                                                          Pages S277-83
Messages from the House:                                      
  Page S286
Measures Referred:                                            
  Page S287
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages S287-89
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:               
  Pages S289-90
Additional Statements:                                    
  Pages S285-86
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--25)    
  Page S283

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Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 6:39 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, January 31, 2024. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S290.)