the clerk: nomination, department of interior, daniel habib jorjani to be solicitor. the presiding officer: the question is on the nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: does anyone in the chamber wish to vote or change their vote? seeing none, the ayes are 51, the nays are 43. otonomination is confirmed. the clerk will report the next nomination. the clerk: social security administration, david fabian black of north dakota to be deputy commissioner of social security. the presiding officer: the question is on the nomination. nor senator i ask for the yeas and nays. a senator: i ask for the yeas. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: is there anyone in the chamber who wishes to vote or change their vote ?l seeing none, itself ayes are 68. nays are 26. the nomination is agreed to. -- is confirmed. under the previous order, the motions to reconsider are considered made an

jorjani. by my count, as of now, there are at least four investigations into wrongdoing at the interior department that were closed or found inconclusive due to a lack of cooperation or records production on mr. jorjani's watch. these investigations covered a multitude of issues, from the potential of misuse of expensive chartered travel to a halted study on the impact of potentially dangerous interior department energy policies. then there's the issue of the interior department's new policy under the trump administration with respect to the freedom of information act. the new policy, and again, this is a retreat from public interest standards, this policy gives political appointees unprecedented control over the department's response to freedom of information act requests. in my view it looks like an effort to conceal the fact that trump -- trump interior officials are spending their days doing the bidding of a host of special interests. there is clear evidence that this new secretive freedom

the clerk: nomination, department of the interior, daniel habib jorjani of kentucky to be chris tore. mr. mcconnell: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: cloture motion, bethe 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 daniel habib jorjani to be solicitor of the department of interior. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the read are the names be waiv waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. mcconnell: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar 292. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. opposed nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the crerk will report the nomination. the cl