[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 9024]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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  NOMINATION OF SYLVIA MATHEWS BURWELL TO BE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND 
                             HUMAN SERVICES

  Mr. REID. I now move to proceed to executive session to consider 
Calendar No. 798.
  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 legislative clerk read the nomination of Sylvia Mathews Burwell, 
of West Virginia, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. There is a cloture motion on file at the desk and I ask 
that it be reported.
  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 
     Sylvia Mathews Burwell, of West Virginia, to be Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services.
         Harry Reid, Ron Wyden, Tom Harkin, Richard J. Durbin, 
           Barbara Boxer, Michael F. Bennet, Debbie Stabenow, 
           Benjamin L. Cardin, Mary Landrieu, Mark Begich, Joe 
           Donnelly, Tim Kaine, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Sherrod 
           Brown, Patrick J. Leahy, Tom Harkin, Angus S. King, Jr.

  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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