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Thomas R. Carper was mentioned in CLOTURE MOTION on pages S6764-S6765 covering the 1st Session of the 117th Congress published on Sept. 29 in the Congressional Record.

The publication is reproduced in full below:

CLOTURE MOTION

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate the pending cloture motion, which the clerk will state.

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 Executive Calendar No. 159, Jonathan Eugene Meyer, of Ohio, to be General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security.

Charles E. Schumer, Tammy Duckworth, Brian Schatz, Alex

Padilla, Sheldon Whitehouse, Richard J. Durbin,

Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar, Gary C. Peters, Mark

R. Warner, Tammy Baldwin, Martin Heinrich, Mazie K.

Hirono, Debbie Stabenow, Patrick J. Leahy, Robert P.

Casey, Jr., Thomas R. Carper, Tina Smith.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived.

The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate that debate on the nomination of Jonathan Eugene Meyer, of Ohio, to be General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, shall be brought to a close?

The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule.

The clerk will call the roll.

The legislative clerk called the roll.

Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran).

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote?

The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 52, nays 46, as follows:

YEAS--52

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NAYS--46

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NOT VOTING--2

CrapoMoran

The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 52, the nays are 46.

The motion is agreed to.

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 170

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