[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 18894]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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NOMINATION OF ROBERT LEE PITMAN TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR 
                     THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS

  Mr. REID. I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar 
No. 1077.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The question is on agreeing to the motion.
  The motion was agreed to.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the nomination.
  The assistant legislative clerk read the nomination of Robert Lee 
Pitman, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Western 
District of Texas.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. There is a cloture motion at the desk.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The cloture motion having been presented 
under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
  The bill 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 
     Robert Lee Pitman, of Texas, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Western District of Texas.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Christopher A. Coons, 
           Dianne Feinstein, Richard J. Durbin, Richard 
           Blumenthal, Brian Schatz, Debbie Stabenow, Michael F. 
           Bennet, Jeff Merkley, Patty Murray, Barbara Boxer, 
           Christopher Murphy, Edward J. Markey, Al Franken, Tom 
           Harkin, Sheldon Whitehouse.

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