[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. 8, Ryan Zinke to be 
Secretary of the Interior.
  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 Ryan Zinke, of Montana, 
to be Secretary of the Interior.


                             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 Ryan Zinke, of Montana, to be Secretary of the Interior.
         Mitch McConnell, Roger F. Wicker, John Boozman, Orrin G. 
           Hatch, Roy Blunt, Steve Daines, Tim Scott, Chuck 
           Grassley, John Hoeven, Michael B. Enzi, John Barrasso, 
           John Thune, Mike Rounds, Mike Crapo, James M. Inhofe, 
           Joni Ernst, John Cornyn.

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