[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 15303]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I move to proceed to executive session 
to consider Calendar No. 119, Lee Francis Cissna.
  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 Lee Francis Cissna, of 
Maryland, to be Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration 
Services, Department of Homeland Security.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. McCONNELL. 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 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 Lee Francis Cissna, of Maryland, to be Director of United 
     States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of 
     Homeland Security.
         Mitch McConnell, Chuck Grassley, Mike Crapo, John Cornyn, 
           John McCain, Pat Roberts, Steve Daines, Roger F. 
           Wicker, Mike Lee, John Boozman, Lindsey Graham, James 
           M. Inhofe, Cory Gardner, Jeff Flake, John Thune, John 
           Barrasso, Orrin G. Hatch.

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, 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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