[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Pages 11290-11291]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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  NOMINATION OF FRED P. HOCHBERG TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE EXPORT-IMPORT 
                       BANK OF THE UNITED STATES

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I move to proceed to executive session to 
consider Calendar No. 178.
  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 Fred P. Hochberg, of New York, 
to be President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Madam President, there is a cloture motion at 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 
     Fred P. Hochberg, of New York, to be President of the Export-
     Import Bank of the United States.
         Harry Reid, Tim Johnson of South Dakota, Benjamin L. 
           Cardin, Christopher A. Coons, Patrick J. Leahy, Charles 
           E. Schumer, Ron Wyden, Patty Murray, Heidi Heitkamp, 
           Tom Udall of New Mexico, Martin Heinrich, Jack Reed, 
           Sheldon Whitehouse, Elizabeth Warren, Richard J. 
           Durbin, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Robert Menendez.

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory 
quorum under rule XXII be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.

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