[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 7798]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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NOMINATION OF GREGG JEFFREY COSTA TO BE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT JUDGE FOR 
                           THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

  Mr. REID. I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar 
No. 732.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion to 
proceed.
  The motion was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination.
  The legislative clerk read the nomination of Gregg Jeffrey Costa, of 
Texas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to report 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 
     Gregg Jeffrey Costa, of Texas, to be United States Circuit 
     Judge for the 5th Circuit.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Robert Menendez, 
           Christopher Murphy, Elizabeth Warren, Christopher A. 
           Coons, Angus S. King, Jr., Richard Blumenthal, Jeff 
           Merkley, Cory A. Booker, Amy Klobuchar, Dianne 
           Feinstein, Richard J. Durbin, Tom Udall, Sheldon 
           Whitehouse, Charles E. Schumer, Edward J. Markey.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, 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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