[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5245]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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         NOMINATION OF LORETTA E. LYNCH TO BE ATTORNEY GENERAL

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I move to proceed to executive session 
to consider Calendar No. 21, Loretta Lynch, to be Attorney General.
  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 Loretta E. Lynch, of New 
York, to be Attorney General.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. McCONNELL. 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 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, 
     do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination 
     of Loretta Lynch to be Attorney General.
         Mitch McConnell, Richard Burr, John Cornyn, Lamar 
           Alexander, Bob Corker, Jeff Flake, Susan M. Collins, 
           Orrin G. Hatch, Thom Tillis, Lisa Murkowski, Harry 
           Reid, Richard J. Durbin, Patrick J. Leahy, Patty 
           Murray, Amy Klobuchar, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Charles 
           E. Schumer.

  Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum call 
with respect to the cloture motion be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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