[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 16257-16258]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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NOMINATION OF FRANKLIN M. ORR, JR., TO BE UNDER SECRETARY FOR SCIENCE, 
                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I move to proceed to executive session to 
consider Calendar No. 555.

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  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 legislative clerk read the nomination of Franklin M. Orr, Jr., of 
California, to be Under Secretary for Science, Department of Energy.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, there is a cloture motion at the desk.
  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 Franklin M. Orr, 
     Jr., of California, to be Under Secretary for Science, 
     Department of Energy.
         Harry Reid, Mary Landrieu, Jon Tester, Barbara Boxer, 
           Charles E. Schumer, Benjamin L. Cardin, Patrick J. 
           Leahy, Richard J. Durbin, Robert P. Casey, Jr., 
           Christopher A. Coons, John D. Rockefeller IV, Carl 
           Levin, Bill Nelson, Ron Wyden, Sheldon Whitehouse, 
           Christopher Murphy, Patty Murray, Tom Udall.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, 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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