the clerk: nomination, bureau of consumer financial protection, kathleen laura kraninger of ohio to be director. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from nevada. mrs. cortez masto: thank you, mr. president. the bureau was created in the aftermath proliferate financial crisis to protect americans from predatory and abusive practices and ensure that financial institutions play by the rules. since 2010, the cfpb has investigated and held accountable abusive student loan companies, predatory payday lenders and fraudulent multinational corporations, just to name a few. it has also protected our nation's veterans and active duty service members from targeted scams and illegal debt collection practices. the cfpb has secured over $12 billion in relief for americans, and just this past april the consumer financial protection bureau sued wells fargo for creating millions of fake accounts, for destroying credit scores and forcing millions of customers to pay phony penalties and fees. the people at the cfpb work every single die make the system safe and fair for hardworkin

on june 18, 2018, president donald trump announced his intent to nominate kathleen laura kraninger as director of the cfpb. she is a senior political appointee who spent more than a decade working on homeland security policy on capitol hill. she has never, i repeat never, worked on consumer protection issues either in public service or the private sector. she has zero track record of standing up for consumers. the white house championed ms. kraninger's experience as a manager when announcing her nomination. a white house official stated that ms. kraninger will, quote, bring much-needed management experience to the cfpb. really? a quick search on google shows that's bogus. ms. kraninger's tenure at o.m.b. has been marred by systemic management failures. as an official with primary responsibility at the homeland security, she was one of the officials responsible for managing and implementing president trump's zero tolerance policy. the policy resulted in a humanitarian catastrophe in which thousands of children were ripped from the arms of their mamas and daddies and thrown into cages.

the clerk: nomination, bureau of consumer financial protection, kathleen laura kraninger of ohio to be director. mr. mcconnell: 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 the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of kathleen laura kraninger of ohio to be director bureau of consumer financial protections signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the mandatory quorum call, for the cloture motions be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that with respect to the bowman nomination, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: without objection. the presiding officer: the clerk shall call the roll. quorum c