[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 11289]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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   NOMINATION OF RICHARD CORDRAY TO BE DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF CONSUMER 
                          FINANCIAL PROTECTION

  Mr. REID. Madam president, I move to proceed to executive session to 
consider Calendar No. 51.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion to 
proceed.
  The motion was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination.
  The bill clerk read the nomination of Richard Cordray, of Ohio, to be 
Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Madam 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 bill 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 Cordray, of Ohio, to be Director, Bureau of Consumer 
     Financial Protection.
         Harry Reid, Tim Johnson, Barbara Boxer, Elizabeth Warren, 
           Debbie Stabenow, Jon Tester, Al Franken, Jack Reed, Tom 
           Harkin, Ron Wyden, Patrick J. Leahy, Amy Klobuchar, 
           Robert P. Casey Jr., Jeff Merkley, John D. Rockefeller 
           IV, Max Baucus, Richard Blumenthal, Carl Levin.

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