[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 20, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D270-D271]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                          Wednesday, March 20, 2024

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2449-S2480
Measures Introduced: Twenty-seven bills and eight resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 3982-4008, and S. Res. 598-605. 
                                                         Pages S2468-69
Measures Passed:
  National Debt: Senate agreed to S. Res. 600, recognizing the national 
debt as a threat to national security.                   
  Pages S2459-60
  Recognizing the Role of Direct Support Professionals Act: Senate 
passed S. 1332, to require the Office of Management and Budget to 
consider revising the Standard Occupational Classification system to 
establish a separate code for direct support professionals, after 
agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and 
the committee reported title amendment.                  
  Pages S2477-78
  HELP Response and Recovery Act: Senate passed S. 3648, to amend the 
Post-Katrina Management Reform Act of 2006 to repeal certain obsolete 
requirements, after agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature 
of a substitute.                                             
  Page S2478
  Health Workforce Well-Being Day of Awareness: Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions was discharged from further 
consideration of S. Res. 567, recognizing the seriousness of widespread 
health care worker burnout in the United States and the need to 
strengthen health workforce well-being, and expressing support for the 
designation of March 18, 2024, as the inaugural ``Health Workforce 
Well-Being Day of Awareness'', and the resolution was then agreed to. 
                                                             Page S2478
  100th Anniversary of the National League of Cities: Committee on the 
Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 583, 
recognizing the 100th anniversary of the National League of Cities and 
the support it provides to municipalities across the United States, and 
the resolution was then agreed to.                           
  Page S2478
  Honoring Sergeant Rose Ida Lubin: Senate agreed to S. Res. 601, 
honoring the life, bravery, and memory of Sergeant Rose Ida Lubin. 
                                                             Page S2478
  National Osceola Turkey Day:  Senate agreed to S. Res. 602, 
designating March 16, 2024, as ``National Osceola Turkey Day''. 
                                                             Page S2478
  National Native Plant Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 603, 
designating April 2024 as ``National Native Plant Month''.   
  Page S2478
  National Women in Agriculture Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 604, 
designating March 21, 2024 as ``National Women in Agriculture Day''. 
                                                             Page S2478
  National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research 75th 
Anniversary: Senate agreed to S. Res. 605, recognizing the 75th 
anniversary of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial 
Research and its critical role in improving the dental, oral, and 
craniofacial health of the United States through research, training, 
and the dissemination of health information.                 
  Page S2478
Rodriguez and Schydlower Nominations, and S.J. Res. 62--Agreement: A 
unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at approximately 
10 a.m., on Thursday, March 21, 2024, Senate resume consideration of 
the nomination of Jose Javier Rodriguez, of Florida, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Labor; that at 11:30 a.m., the motion to proceed to the 
vote by which cloture was not agreed to on the nomination be agreed to; 
the motion to reconsider the failed cloture vote be agreed to; and 
Senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination, upon 
reconsideration; that if cloture is invoked on the nomination, all time 
be considered expired at 2 p.m.; that following the vote on 
confirmation of the nomination, Senate resume legislative session for 
the consideration of S.J. Res. 62, providing for congressional 
disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule 
submitted by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service relating to 
``Importation of Fresh Beef From Paraguay''; that the motion to proceed 
to consideration of the joint resolution be agreed to and Senate 
immediately vote on passage of the joint resolution; and that upon 
disposition of the joint resolution, Senate resume consideration of the 
nomination of

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Leon Schydlower, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the 
Western District of Texas.                               
  Pages S2478-79
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 50 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. EX. 96), Edward Sunyol Kiel, of New 
Jersey, to be United States District Judge for the District of New 
Jersey.                                           
Pages S2449-56, S2457
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 50 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. EX. 95), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.               
Pages S2449-56
  By 50 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. EX. 98), Eumi K. Lee, of California, 
to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of 
California.                                    
Pages S2457-59, S2460-61
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 50 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. EX. 97), Senate agreed to the motion 
to close further debate on the nomination.                   
Page S2457
Messages from the House:                                 
  Pages S2465-66
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S2466
Measures Read the First Time:                        
  Pages S2466, S2477
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
  Page S2466
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S2466-67
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S2467-68
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S2469-70
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S2471-76
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S2465
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                      
  Pages S2476-77
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--98) 
                                               Pages S2456-57, S2460-61
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:59 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on pages 
S2478-79.)