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Christopher A. Coons and Thomas R. Carper were mentioned in CLOTURE MOTION on pages S7583-S7584 covering the 1st Session of the 117th Congress published on Nov. 2 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 bill clerk read the following:

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. 360, Jeffrey M. Prieto, of California, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Charles E. Schumer, Jacky Rosen, Thomas R. Carper, Tina

Smith, Mazie K. Hirono, Tammy Baldwin, Richard

Blumenthal, Tammy Duckworth, Gary C. Peters, Elizabeth

Warren, Richard J. Durbin, Jeanne Shaheen, Angus S.

King, Jr., Christopher A. Coons, Kirsten E. Gillibrand,

Ben Ray Lujan, Brian Schatz.

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

The question is, Is it sense of the Senate that debate on the nomination of Jeffrey M. Prieto, of California, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall be brought to a close?

The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule.

The clerk will call the roll.

The bill clerk called the roll.

(Thereupon, Mr. SCHATZ assumed the Chair.)

Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).

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

The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 56, nays 43, as follows:

YEAS--56

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NAYS--43

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NOT VOTING--1

Rounds

The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 56, the nays are 43.

The motion is agreed to.

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 192

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