[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 7757]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I move to proceed to executive session 
to consider Calendar No. 55, Terry Branstad to be Ambassador to the 
People's Republic of China.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The question is on agreeing to the 
motion.
  The motion was agreed to.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the 
nomination.
  The bill clerk read the nomination of Terry Branstad, of Iowa, to be 
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
America to the People's Republic of China.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. 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 Terry Branstad, of Iowa, to be Ambassador Extraordinary 
     and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the 
     People's Republic of China.
         Mitch McConnell, Jeff Flake, Bob Corker, Roger F. Wicker, 
           Cory Gardner, Marco Rubio, John Boozman, Pat Roberts, 
           Joni Ernst, Mike Rounds, Todd Young, Rob Portman, John 
           Thune, Chuck Grassley, Richard Burr, James M. Inhofe, 
           John Cornyn.

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
mandatory quorum call with respect to the cloture motion be waived.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.

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