[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 REGINA McCARTHY TO BE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL 
                           PROTECTION AGENCY

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I move to proceed to executive session to 
consider Calendar No. 98.
  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 Regina McCarthy, of 
Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency.


                             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 
     Regina McCarthy, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency.
         Harry Reid, Barbara Boxer, Benjamin L. Cardin, 
           Christopher A. Coons, Patrick J. Leahy, Tom Carper, Ron 
           Wyden, Patty Murray, Tom Udall, Martin Heinrich, 
           Bernard Sanders, Sheldon Whitehouse, Max Baucus, 
           Richard J. Durbin, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Jeff Merkley, 
           Brian Schatz.

  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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