[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. 3, Wilbur Ross to be 
Secretary of Commerce.
  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 Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., of 
Florida, to be Secretary of Commerce.


                             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 Wilbur L. Ross, of Florida, to be Secretary of Commerce.
         Mitch McConnell, John Hoeven, Deb Fischer, John Thune, 
           Johnny Isakson, Tom Cotton, Marco Rubio, Dan Sullivan, 
           Mike Rounds, James M. Inhofe, Tim Scott, Lindsey 
           Graham, Jerry Moran, Pat Roberts, John Barrasso, John 
           Kennedy, Patrick J. Toomey.

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