[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 56 (Thursday, March 27, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1892]
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                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. THUNE. 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. 40, Matthew Whitaker, of Iowa, to 
     be United States Permanent Representative on the Council of 
     the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with the rank and 
     status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
         John Thune, Katie Boyd Britt, Bernie Moreno, Mike Rounds, 
           Tom Cotton, Markwayne Mullin, John Barrasso, Cindy 
           Hyde-Smith, Rick Scott of Florida, John Hoeven, Roger 
           Marshall, Thom Tillis, Jim Justice, Tim Sheehy, James 
           Lankford, Joni Ernst, John R. Curtis.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Washington.