[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Pages 5862-5863]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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NOMINATION OF NEIL GREGORY KORNZE TO BE DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF LAND 
                               MANAGEMENT

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NOMINATION OF FRANK G. KLOTZ TO BE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NUCLEAR SECURITY

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate will 
proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations, 
which the clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read the nominations of Neil Gregory Kornze, of 
Nevada, to be Director of the Bureau of Land Management, and Frank G. 
Klotz, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Nuclear Security.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, all time has been yielded 
back.
  Mrs. MURRAY. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination 
of Neil Gregory Kornze, of Nevada, to be Director of the Bureau of Land 
Management?
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. CORNYN. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn).
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Warren). Are there any other Senators in 
the Chamber desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 71, nays 28, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 102 Ex.]

                                YEAS--71

     Alexander
     Ayotte
     Baldwin
     Begich
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Blunt
     Booker
     Boxer
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Chambliss
     Coats
     Collins
     Coons
     Corker
     Crapo
     Donnelly
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Flake
     Franken
     Gillibrand
     Hagan
     Harkin
     Hatch
     Heinrich
     Heitkamp
     Heller
     Hirono
     Hoeven
     Isakson
     Johnson (SD)
     Kaine
     King
     Klobuchar
     Landrieu
     Leahy
     Levin
     Manchin
     Markey
     McCaskill
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Mikulski
     Murkowski
     Murphy
     Murray
     Nelson
     Portman
     Pryor
     Reed
     Reid
     Risch
     Rockefeller
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Walsh
     Warner
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                                NAYS--28

     Barrasso
     Boozman
     Burr
     Cochran
     Cornyn
     Cruz
     Enzi
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Inhofe
     Johanns
     Johnson (WI)
     Kirk
     Lee
     McCain
     McConnell
     Moran
     Paul
     Roberts
     Rubio
     Scott
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Thune
     Toomey
     Vitter
     Wicker

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Coburn
       
  The nomination was confirmed.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.


                        Vote on Klotz Nomination

  Mr. REID. Madam President, what is the pending business?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is now 2 minutes of debate prior to a 
vote on the Klotz nomination.
  Mr. REID. Madam President, I yield back the time.

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  The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time is yielded back.
  The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination 
of Frank G. Klotz, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Nuclear 
Security?
  The nomination was confirmed.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the motions to 
reconsider are considered made and laid upon the table. The President 
will be immediately notified of the Senate's action.

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