[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 8217]
[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. 54, Courtney Elwood to be General Counsel of 
the CIA.
  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 
Courtney Elwood, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Central 
Intelligence Agency.


                             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 Courtney Elwood, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the 
     Central Intelligence Agency.
         Mitch McConnell, John Barrasso, Mike Crapo, Jerry Moran, 
           Michael B. Enzi, James M. Inhofe, Richard Burr, Roger 
           F. Wicker, Pat Roberts, Shelley Moore Capito, Thom 
           Tillis, Orrin G. Hatch, Marco Rubio, John Boozman, John 
           Cornyn, John Hoeven, James E. Risch.

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, 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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