[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2437]
[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. 9, James Richard Perry to be 
Secretary of Energy.
  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 James Richard Perry, of 
Texas, to be Secretary of Energy.


                             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 James Richard Perry, of Texas, to be Secretary of Energy.
         John Boozman, Chuck Grassley, Johnny Isakson, John 
           Cornyn, James Lankford, James M. Inhofe, Michael B. 
           Enzi, Roger F. Wicker, Pat Roberts, Lamar Alexander, 
           Bill Cassidy, John Barrasso, Orrin G. Hatch, Jerry 
           Moran, David Perdue, John Thune, Mitch McConnell.

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
mandatory quorum calls for these cloture motions be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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