[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 15995-15996]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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  NOMINATION OF RICHARD F. GRIFFIN, JR., TO BE GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE 
                     NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent to proceed to executive session to 
consider Calendar No. 344.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on the motion to proceed.
  The motion was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination.
  The legislative clerk read the nomination of Richard F. Griffin, Jr., 
of the District of Columbia, to be General Counsel of the National 
Labor Relations Board for a term of four years.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. 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 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, 
     hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of 
     Richard F. Griffin, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be 
     General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board.
         Harry Reid, Brian Schatz, Barbara Boxer, Carl Levin, Bill 
           Nelson, Jeff Merkley, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Debbie 
           Stabenow, Mark R. Warner, Tammy Baldwin, Jeanne 
           Shaheen, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Mark Udall, Tom Udall, 
           Michael F. Bennet, Amy Klobuchar, Elizabeth Warren, Ron 
           Wyden.

  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum under 
rule XXII be waived and that the Senate now resume legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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