[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 5, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S783]
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                             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. 19, 
Howard Lutnick, of New York, to be Secretary of Commerce.
         John Thune, John R. Curtis, Tommy Tuberville, Kevin 
           Cramer, Ashley Moody, Mike Crapo, Markwayne Mullin, 
           David McCormick, Mike Lee, Ron Johnson, John Barrasso, 
           Pete Ricketts, James C. Justice, Jon Husted, Bernie 
           Moreno, Josh Hawley, Tom Cotton.
  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I am going to move here to go into 
legislative session in just a minute, but I am going to point out that 
these next noms that are coming up are bipartisan noms.
  We are coming up on the Department of Agriculture Secretary, whose 
nomination was reported out of the Senate Agriculture Committee 
unanimously, not a single dissenting vote, so it seems like we might be 
able to expedite this a little bit.
  I don't know how long that last vote took, but we are going to keep 
grinding away here, and hopefully we can do better on this next one.

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