[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 14559]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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NOMINATION OF STEPHEN G. BURNS TO BE A MEMBER OF THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY 
                               COMMISSION

  Mr. REID. I now move to proceed to executive session to consider 
Calendar No. 1004.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion.
  The motion was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination.
  The assistant legislative clerk read the nomination of Stephen G. 
Burns, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
for the term of five years expiring June 30, 2019.


                             CLOTURE MOTION

  Mr. REID. 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 assistant 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 
     Stephen G. Burns, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Nuclear 
     Regulatory Commission.
         Harry Reid, Barbara Boxer, Benjamin L. Cardin, Barbara A. 
           Mikulski, Richard J. Durbin, Mazie K. Hirono, Robert P. 
           Casey, Jr., Christopher A. Coons, Sheldon Whitehouse, 
           Tom Udall, Edward J. Markey, Sherrod Brown, Tim Kaine, 
           Bernard Sanders, Jeff Merkley, Cory A. Booker, Thomas 
           R. Carper.

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

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