conservative rebels of been making is well at least 8 members of the current can say i was have cabaniss voted repeatedly against the foam a prime minister three's a may at in his series of votes when she was trying to get breck's it's room and they kept their jobs and yet these conservative rebels who voted against the government loss nights were just basically strung up as as a results of its and the unbelievably brutal way which the government has dealt with them i think i think we're actually harden their result because that just source he was so comprehensively unfair of of the government to deal with them in this way and he when the bullet is it you ation where where people at nicholas soames a real conservative grand the the grandson a winston churchill does not affect silly been sacked as a can said to them the body but by boris johnson an all you can say is signals of from from the johnson camp that overwhelming desire to do exactly what they say they want to sue which is to baba no dissents a tall to their view the the u.k. as to leave the european union by the end of october b

the clerk: nomination, office of personnel management, dale cabaniss of virginia to be director. 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: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote? on this vote, the yeas are 54, the nays are 38. the the clerk will report the next nomination. the clerk: department of veteran affairs, james byrne of virginia tor deputy secretary. 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: the presiding officer: have all senators vote ?d any senator wish to change their vote? the yeas are 81. the nays are 116789 the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. the senate will resume consideration of the bowman nomination which the clerk will report. the clerk: federal reserve system, michelle bowman of ka

simply put, dale cabaniss is not that leader. while ms. cabaniss has some experience leading a small agency, i am not confident that her background has prepared her to provide the stability and the autonomy that o.p.m. deserves. unfortunately, after a rahall review of miss cabaniss' record, i do not believe that she is the right choice to lead o.p.m. at this critical time. i will be voting no, and i urge my colleagues to do the same. i yield the floor. mr. president, i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: mr. cornyn: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: i'd ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cornyn: mr. president, for nearly 15 years, the debbie smith act to be the driving force behind our progress to eliminate the nation's rape kit backlog. though exact numbers are difficult to estimate, experts believe that there are hundreds of thousands of untested rape

the question is, is it the sense of the senate that the debate on the nomination of dale cabaniss of virginia to be director of the office of personnel management shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any members in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote? seeing none, the yeas are 53, the nays are 41. the motion is agreed to. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the nomination. a senator: mr. president. the clerk: nomination, office of personnel management, to be director. mr. isakson: thank you, madam president. madam president, you have a second to certify our growth and v.a. by nominating james byrne and approving his appointment. we have all worked hard to see the v.a. is responsive. we get good news in the papers, not bad news. we're helping our veterans get back to work. the v.a. is working. we've got some problems. we have a lot less than we used to have. a lot of that is because of james byrne. he has been working already, we need to make h

following disposition of the darling nomination, the senate vote on the cloture motions for the akard, cabaniss, and byrne nomination. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the -- 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. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of h. con. res. 75 received from the house. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: h. con. res. 57, concurrent resolution authorizing the use of emancipation hall for an event to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first african slaves to the territory this would become the united states. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the concurrent resolution be agreed to, and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, w