[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5846]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, I move to proceed to executive 
session to consider Calendar No. 32, Alexander Acosta to be Secretary 
of Labor.
  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 R. 
Alexander Acosta, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. McCONNELL. Madam 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 R. Alexander Acosta, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor.
         John Barrasso, Susan M. Collins, Ron Johnson, Deb 
           Fischer, Luther Strange, Bill Cassidy, Lindsey Graham, 
           John Boozman, Mike Rounds, David Perdue, Lamar 
           Alexander, Tom Cotton, Orrin G. Hatch, Todd Young, 
           Mitch McConnell, Joni Ernst, Dan Sullivan.

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

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