home to judge griggsby. when i first was elected to the senate, i served on the judiciary committee and my staff and i were pleased to would, with then chief counsel griggsby. she was born in baltimore and went to high school in baltimore. at that time she served when she was here with chairman patrick leahy's judiciary committee staff as his expert on privacy and information policy. judge griggsby went on to serve for seven years as a judge on the u.s. court of federal claims, which mass a national jurisdiction to -- has a national jurisdiction to hear complex monetary damages against the federal government. judges griggsby was confirmed to her current position by a voice vote of the senate in 2014. judge griggsby is a lifelong marylander who was born in baltimore, a graduate from the park school and has been a mentor at the baltimore leadership school for young women. she received her b.a. from the university of pennsylvania and her j.d. from georgetown law school. she was an associate at d.l.a. piper befo

the question now occurs on the griggsby nomination. a senator: i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: you have is sufficient? -- is there a sufficient second? there is. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: we have 59 yeas, 39 nays. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's actions. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the 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 executive calendar number 123, tommy p. beaudreau of alaska to be deputy secretary of the interior signed by 18 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the cincinnati that debate on the nomination of tommy p. beaudreau of alaska to be deputy secretary of the interior shall b

the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, lydia kay griggsby, of maryland to be an district judge. the presiding officer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. 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, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 173, lydia kay griggsby of maryland to be united states district judge for the district of maryland, signed by 17 senatorsals follows -- mr. schumer: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: finally, i ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum calls for the cloture motions filed today basketball i have with ad. the presiding officer: without objection. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor, say aye. those opposed, say no. the ayes appear t