[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16569]
[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. I now move to proceed to executive session to consider 
Calendar No. 1082.
  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.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. There is a cloture motion at the desk, and I ask the Chair 
to order it 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, 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, Bernard Sanders.

  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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