[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 4598]
[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. 20, David Friedman to be 
Ambassador to Israel.
  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 senior assistant legislative clerk read the nomination of David 
Friedman, of New York, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and 
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Israel.


                             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 senior assistant 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 David Friedman, of New York, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to Israel.
         Mitch McConnell, Steve Daines, John Cornyn, Tom Cotton, 
           Bob Corker, John Boozman, John Hoeven, James Lankford, 
           Roger F. Wicker, John Barrasso, Lamar Alexander, Orrin 
           G. Hatch, David Perdue, James M. Inhofe, Mike Rounds, 
           Bill Cassidy, Thom Tillis.

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
mandatory quorum call with respect to the nomination be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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