[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 18884]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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  NOMINATION OF VIVEK HALLEGERE MURTHY TO BE MEDICAL DIRECTOR IN THE 
 REGULAR CORPS OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, SUBJECT TO QUALIFICATIONS 
THEREFOR AS PROVIDED BY LAW AND REGULATIONS, AND TO BE SURGEON GENERAL 
                      OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE

  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the nomination.
  The legislative clerk read the nomination of Vivek Hallegere Murthy, 
of Massachusetts, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the 
Public Health Service, subject to qualifications therefor as provided 
by law and regulations, and to be Surgeon General of the Public Health 
Service.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. There is a cloture motion at the desk, and I ask that it be 
reported.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. 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 the nomination of 
     Vivek Hallegere Murthy, of Massachusetts, to be Medical 
     Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service 
     and to be Surgeon General of the Public Health Service.
         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., Elizabeth 
           Warren, Richard J. Durbin, Christopher Murphy, Bernard 
           Sanders.

  Mr. REID. I move to proceed to legislative session.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The question is on agreeing to the motion.
  Mr. REID. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there a sufficient second?
  There is a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant bill clerk called the roll.
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. 
Feinstein), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), and the Senator 
from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) are necessarily absent.
  Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the 
Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. 
Coburn), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), and the Senator from 
Ohio (Mr. Portman).
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Are there any other Senators in the 
Chamber desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 52, nays 41, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 332 Ex.]

                                YEAS--52

     Baldwin
     Begich
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Boxer
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Coons
     Donnelly
     Durbin
     Franken
     Gillibrand
     Hagan
     Harkin
     Heinrich
     Heitkamp
     Hirono
     Johnson (SD)
     Kaine
     King
     Klobuchar
     Landrieu
     Leahy
     Levin
     Manchin
     Markey
     McCaskill
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murphy
     Murray
     Nelson
     Pryor
     Reed
     Reid
     Rockefeller
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Walsh
     Warner
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                                NAYS--41

     Alexander
     Ayotte
     Barrasso
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Burr
     Coats
     Cochran
     Collins
     Corker
     Cornyn
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Enzi
     Fischer
     Flake
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hatch
     Heller
     Hoeven
     Isakson
     Johanns
     Johnson (WI)
     Kirk
     Lee
     McCain
     McConnell
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Paul
     Risch
     Roberts
     Rubio
     Scott
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Thune
     Toomey
     Vitter
     Wicker

                             NOT VOTING--7

     Chambliss
     Coburn
     Feinstein
     Inhofe
     Mikulski
     Portman
     Sanders
  The motion was agreed to.

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