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




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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       NOMINATION OF THOMAS EDWARD PEREZ TO BE SECRETARY OF LABOR

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I move to proceed to executive session to 
consider Calendar No. 99.
  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 Thomas Edward Perez, of 
Maryland, to be Secretary of Labor.


                             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 
     Thomas Edward Perez, of Maryland, to be Secretary of Labor.
         Harry Reid, Tom Harkin, Patrick J. Leahy, Bill Nelson, 
           Christopher A. Coons, Amy Klobuchar, Tim Kaine, Jack 
           Reed, Barbara A. Mikulski, Sheldon Whitehouse, Sherrod 
           Brown, Benjamin L. Cardin, Robert P. Casey Jr., Bernard 
           Sanders, Al Franken, Robert Menendez, Barbara Boxer.

  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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