[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 3699]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Senate proceed to executive session to consider the following 
nomination: Calendar No. 434 only, with no other executive business in 
order.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the nomination.
  The legislative clerk read the nomination of John E. Sparks, of 
Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the 
Armed Forces for the term of fifteen years to expire on the date 
prescribed by law.
  Thereupon, the Senate proceeded to consider the nomination.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, I know of no further debate on the 
nomination.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate?
  If not, the question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the 
Sparks nomination?
  The nomination was confirmed.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, the 
President be immediately notified of the Senate's action, and the 
Senate then resume legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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