[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Pages 16569-16570]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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  NOMINATION OF ELLEN DUDLEY WILLIAMS TO BE DIRECTOR OF THE ADVANCED 
         RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY-ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I move to proceed to executive session to 
consider Calendar No. 552.
  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 Ellen Dudley 
Williams, of Maryland, to be Director of the Advanced Research Projects 
Agency-Energy, Department of Energy.


                             CLOTURE MOTION

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, 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 
     Ellen Dudley Williams, of Maryland, to be Director of the 
     Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, Department of 
     Energy.
         Harry Reid, Christopher Murphy, Elizabeth Warren, Kirsten 
           E. Gillibrand, Ron Wyden, Tom Harkin, Angus S. King, 
           Jr., Richard Blumenthal, Charles E. Schumer, Mazie K. 
           Hirono, Amy Klobuchar, Barbara Boxer, Tammy Baldwin, 
           Bernard Sanders, Sheldon Whitehouse, Jeff Merkley.


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  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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