[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 9929]
[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 the nomination of Executive Calendar No. 154, Neomi Rao to 
be Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
  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 Neomi 
Rao, of the District of Columbia, to be Administrator of the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget.


                             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 Neomi Rao, of the District of Columbia, to be 
     Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory 
     Affairs, Office of Management and Budget.
         Mitch McConnell, Chuck Grassley, Deb Fischer, Steve 
           Daines, Luther Strange, Bob Corker, Thom Tillis, Tom 
           Cotton, Tim Scott, Johnny Isakson, Richard C. Shelby, 
           Michael B. Enzi, Richard Burr, John Hoeven, David 
           Perdue, Roy Blunt, Todd Young.

  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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