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




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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  NOMINATION OF RONALD ANDERSON WALTER TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF 
              DIRECTORS OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY

  Mr. REID. I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar 
No. 1081.
  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 Ronald 
Anderson Walter, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the Tennessee Valley Authority.


                             CLOTURE MOTION

  Mr. REID. The cloture motion has been filed, and I ask that the Chair 
have 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 
     Ronald Anderson Walter, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the 
     Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
         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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