[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2436]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I move that the Senate proceed to 
executive session to consider Calendar No. 15, Scott Pruitt to be 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
  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 Scott Pruitt, of 
Oklahoma, to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.


                             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 bill 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 Scott Pruitt, of Oklahoma, to be Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency.
         Mitch McConnell, John Cornyn, Mike Rounds, Tim Scott, 
           Johnny Isakson, Lindsey Graham, James M. Inhofe, David 
           Perdue, Shelley Moore Capito, Roger F. Wicker, Orrin G. 
           Hatch, Mike Crapo, James E. Risch, James Lankford, John 
           Hoeven, John Thune, Deb Fischer.

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