[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 JEFFERY MARTIN BARAN TO BE A MEMBER OF THE NUCLEAR 
                         REGULATORY COMMISSION

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I move to proceed to executive session to 
consider Calendar No. 1003.
  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 Jeffery Martin 
Baran, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
for the remainder of the term expiring June 30, 2015.


                             CLOTURE MOTION

  Mr. REID. There is a cloture motion at the desk I ask to be reported.
  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 
     Jeffery Martin Baran, of Virginia, 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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