department of energy, ellen dudley williams of maryland to be director of the advanced research projects agency. the presiding officer: flr now two minutes of debate prior to a vote on the baran nomination, equally divided. who yields time? mr. leahy: yield back on this side. the presiding officer: all time having been yielded back, the yeas and nays have been requested. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote:

commission; lauren mcgarity mcferran to be a member of the national labor relations board and ellen dudley williams to be a member of the department of energy. i'm happy to be here today to talk about a couple of my friends, i should say the senate's friends. i have received a lot of friends, gifts while i have been here. my colleagues over the years have given me things while i have been here in the senate, but one gift stands out really strongly in my mind. into my desk not far from -- in my desk not far from here, i have a big painting. it's a very famous from the national portrait gallery of mark twain. mark twain, i tell people, was born in nevada, which was true. samuel clemmens wasn't. he was choans -- chosen as secretary of nevada and he told his younger brother samuel -- sorry, mr. president. he told his younger brother, come west and i'll find you a job. he had been fighting, which he didn't like, in the civil war. so he came west with his brother. but his brother couldn't find him a job, so he bummed around for quite awhile. and without belaboring the story too long, the fact is, mr. pre

this is 20 minutes -- the national labor relations board and ellen dudley williams to be a member of the department of energy. i'm happy to be here today to talk about a couple of my friends, i should say the senate's friends. i have received a lot of friends, gifts while i have been here. my colleagues over the years have given me things while i have been here in the senate, but one gift stands out really strongly in my mind. into my desk not far from -- in my desk not far from here, i have a big painting. it's a very famous from the national portrait gallery of mark twain. mark twain, i tell people, was born in nevada, which was true. samuel clemmens wasn't. he was choans -- chosen as secretary of nevada and he told his younger brother samuel -- sorry, mr. president. he told his younger brother, come west and i'll find you a job. he had been fighting, which he didn't like, in the civil war. so he came west with his brother. but his brother couldn't find him a job, so he bummed around for quite awhile. and without belaboring the story too long, the fact is, mr. president, that mark

the clerk: department of energy, ellen dudley williams of maryland to be director of the advanced research projects agency energy. mr. reid: there's a cloture motion at the desk i would ask to be reported. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. 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 the debate on the nomination of ellen dudley williams of maryland to be director of the advanced research projects agency energy, department of energy, signed by 16 senators. mr. reid: i ask the reading of the 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's on the motion. all those in favor save aye. all those opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. reid: i now, mr. president, ask that we move to executive session t

the question is: is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of ellen dudley williams of maryland to be the director of the advanceed research projects agency-energy, department of energy, shall be brought to a close? the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or wishing to change a vote? if not, the yeas are 57, the nays are 34. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: department of energy, ellen dudley williams of maryland to be director of the advanced research projects agency. the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mr. rockefeller: madam president, i ask unanimous consent to give my remarks while seated at my desk. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. rockefeller: and i ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. rockefeller: for hours and hours. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. rockefeller: i come to the floor t

department of energy, ellen dudley williams of maryland to be director of the advanced research projects agency. the presiding officer: flr now two minutes of debate prior to a vote on the baran nomination, equally divided. who yields time? mr. leahy: yield back on this side. the presiding officer: all time having been yielded back, the yeas and nays have been requested. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote? if not there are 52 yeas, 40 nays. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, there will be two minutes of debate prior to a vote on the mcferran nomination. who yields time? without objection, all time being yielded back, the question occurs on the mcferran nomination. is there a sufficient second for the yeas and nays? there is, there appears to be. the yeas and nays have been ordered. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators wishing to vote or wishing to change their vo