[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12412]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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NOMINATION OF JAMES B. COMEY, JR., TO BE DIRECTOR OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU 
                            OF INVESTIGATION

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate will proceed to executive session 
and the clerk will report the nomination.
  The legislative clerk read the nomination of James B. Comey, Jr., of 
Connecticut, to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.


                             Cloture Motion

       Mr. REID. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the 
     desk on Calendar No. 208.
  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 
     James B. Comey, Jr., of Connecticut, to be Director of the 
     Federal Bureau of Investigation.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Mark Begich, Christopher A. 
           Coons, Thomas R. Carper, Bill Nelson, Patty Murray, 
           Martin Heinrich, Jeanne Shaheen, Benjamin A. Cardin, Al 
           Franken, Sherrod Brown, Tom Harkin, Jack Reed, Sheldon 
           Whitehouse, Charles E. Schumer, Robert P. Casey, Jr.

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