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the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote? if not, the yeas are 57. the nays are 38. and the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. th.the clerk: cloture motion, we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions

of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of randall quarles of colorado to be a member of the board of governors after the federal reserve signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of randal quarles of colorado to be a member of the board of governors of the federal reserve system shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote:

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the presiding officer: any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote? on this vote the yeaers 62. the nays are 33. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, federal reserve system, randal quarles of colorado to be a member of the board of governors. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from idaho. a senator: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. a senator: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 222, h.r. 1117. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 222, h.r. 1117, an act to require the administrator of the federal emergency management agency to submit a report and so forth.

the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding? without objection. mr. crapo: i ask unanimous consent, mr. president, that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. crapo: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the committee on the judiciary be discharged from further consideration of s. res. 147 and the senate proceed to its immediate consideration. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution commemorating the anniversary of the 1992 los angeles civil unrest. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding? without objection, the committee is discharged. mr. crapo: i ask that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and thes to -- motions to consider be considered made and laid on the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. crapo: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the consideration of s. res. 283 submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 283

designating the week beginning october 15, 2017, as national character counts week. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding? without objection, the senate will proceed. mr. crapo: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. crapo: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to consideration of s. res. 284 submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 284 calling on congress, schools, and state and local educational agencies to recognize the significant educational implications of dyslexia that must be addressed in designating the month of october 2017 as national dyslexia awareness month. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed. mr. crapo: i ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without

objection. mr. crapo: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 9:30 a.m. thursday, october 5. further, that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, and morning business be closed. finally, following leader remarks, the senate proceed to executive session and resume consideration of the quarles nomination with the time until 10:00 a.m. equally divided between the two leaders or their designees. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. crapo: mr. president, if there's no further business to come before the senate, i ask that the senate stand adjourned under the previous order. the presiding officer: without objection. the senate stands adjourned

nimous consent, mr. president, to vacate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. wyden: mr. president, i didn't get a chance to hear the distinguished democratic leader's remarks. chairman hatch and i were in the senate finance committee. we managed to pass by an overwhelming bipartisan vote the children's health insurance program, a vital program for nine million kids. that's a bit of good news that that important legislation is advancing. but i know that the democratic leader has touched on a number of very important issues, particularly some of these comments made by top advisors to the