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

finally, on the daniel habib jorjani nomination. later today the senate will vote on daniel habib jorjani to serve as the solicitor of the department of interior. the leader should withdraw this nomination. it has come to light that mr. mr. joe be on -- daniel habib jorjani lied to congress. under president trump, the interior department has been mired in several investigations about the ethical conduct of its political conductees. it is-offs that they need -- it is obvious that they need transparency and public accountability especially when the stewardship of our public lands are at stake. but at the department of interior, political appointees have instituted policies to stonewall and squash transparency. it's likely that mr. daniel habib jorjani played a key role in shaping these policies and is one of the subjects of an interior inspector general investigation. despite reviewing public documents, mr. jorjoni was involved. if confirmed, daniel habib jorjani would play a larger role in overseeing the interior department's public r

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