[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 16156]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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    NOMINATION OF P. DAVID LOPEZ TO BE GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE EQUAL 
                   EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I move to proceed to executive session to 
consider Calendar No. 1067.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I don't know if you are getting the drift, 
but each one of these is the same.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is still 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 P. David 
Lopez, of Arizona, to be General Counsel of the Equal Employment 
Opportunity Commission.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. There is a cloture motion at the desk, Mr. President.
  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 
     P. David Lopez, of Arizona, to be General Counsel of the 
     Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
         Harry Reid, Tom Harkin, Patrick J. Leahy, Patty Murray, 
           Tom Udall, Brian Schatz, Charles E. Schumer, Barbara 
           Boxer, Benjamin L. Cardin, Richard Blumenthal, Jeff 
           Merkley, Al Franken, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Martin 
           Heinrich, Elizabeth Warren, Richard J. Durbin, 
           Christopher Murphy.

  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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