the clerk: cheryl ann krause of new jersey to be united states district judge for the third circuit. mr. reid: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of cheryl ann krause of new jersey to be united states circuit judge for the third circuit signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the reading of the named be names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask consent the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the senate now proceed to a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for ten minutes each. the pre

the chamber also voted to advance the nomination of attorney cheryl ann krause to serve on the third circuit u.s. court of appeals. the senate is of next week for the july 4th recess. watch live coverage when members return as always here on c-span2 ♪ >> what i have read here is a partially processed plant that i cut down into sections that are the right length fur hanging, and then i pick up all of the big families, and those are sent to the families to make edibles. they get that for really good price for months. and then these little leaves here are that tight tramp, and that can be dried and made into joints were sent to that extraction and made into a passion that sort of thing. and then right here we have finished bud. this is sent over to cure and hang to dry and then to jordan buckets for a couple of weeks before they sell it in a dispensary. >> the recreational use an illegal sale of marijuana in colorado with your phone calls line friday morning seven to 10:00 eastern on c-span. >> 1971, august 15th, i think, on a sunday was very much one of those moments when richard nixon

krause nomination and all previous provisions remaining in effect. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: at 11:45 the senate will vote on the nomination of cherylkrause to be a united states circuit judge. that will be a cloture vote. she's been nominated by the president for the third circuit. at 1:45 we'll confirm several additional nominations, but we expect at that time only one roll call vote. mr. president. h.r. 3301, i'm told, is due for a second reading. is that true? the presiding officer: the majority leader is correct. the clerk will read the title of the bill for the second time. the clerk: h.r. 3301, an act to require approval for the construction, connection, operation, or maintenance of oil or natural gas pipelines and so forth and for other purposes. mr. reid: mr. president, i would object to any further proceedings at this time. the presiding officer: objection is heard. the bill will be placed on the calendar. mr. reid: mr. president, the late committee on leslie nelson said -- quote -- "doing nothing is very hard to do. you never know when you're finished." doing nothing is very hard to do. you never know when you're finished

toomey: i rise to speak on cheryl krause. cheryl krause was nominated by the president on february 6, 2014. i want to start with a few thank yous for where we are in this process. first, chairman leahy and ranking member grassley, i appreciate their expediting the consideration of cheryl krause through committee. they moved that process along very quickly. i want to thank senator reid, leader reid and leader mcconnell for agreeing to bring ms. krause's nomination to the senate floor so quickly. in fact, later this morning my understanding is we have a cloture vote on consideration of her nomination. from my point of view, this is part of an ongoing effort that i have with senator casey, my colleague from pennsylvania, a bipartisan collaboration to make sure that we're filling vacancies as they occur as quickly as we responsibly can, to make sure that we have as close to a full complement of federal judges as we possibly can. so thus far in the three and a half years that i've been in the senate, senator casey and i have worke