kevin k. mcleenan 's nomination to serve as commissioner of the u.s. customs and border protection. this is an essential post and mr. mcaleenan is an excellent nominee. i urge everyone to join me in voting for his confirmation when we return next monday. now on another matter, yesterday the senate took a big step forward for the community banks, credit unions and other small lenders, on which communities across america rely for access to credit. on a strong bipartisan vote, we passed senator crapo's legislation to streamline the dodd-frank act so that regulators, regulations intended for wall street place less of a crushing burden on main street. next up is legislation to combat sex trafficking. debate on this issue will begin today. it might be easy to imagine sex trafficking doesn't happen here. it would be easy to pretend that it's only a problem in other parts of the world, but that is dead wrong. trafficking is a crisis right here in the united states. from 2010 to 2015, the national center for missing and kphroeuted children -- exploited children children saw reports of suspected missing children an eightfold increase. last year more than 85

standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of kevin k. mcaleenan to b -- the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of kevin k. mcaleenan of hawaii to be commissioner of u.s. customs and border protection shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote? if not, the yeas are 79, the nays are 19. the motion on cloture is approved. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: department of homeland security, kevin k. mcaleenan of hawaii to be commissioner of u.s. customs and border protection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding rule 22, all postcloture time on the mcaleenan nomination be considered expired and the senate vote on the nomination at 5:30 p.m. on monday, march 19, that if confirmed, the motion to reconsider be consider

kevin k. mcaleenan of hawaii to be commissioner of u.s. customs and border protection. the presiding officer: under the previous order, all postcloture time is expired. the question occurs on the nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: have all senators voted? any senator wish to change their vote? if not, on this confirmation the yeas are # 7. the nays are 19. the yeas are 77. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. under the previous order, 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 motion to proceed to calendar number 339, h.r. 1865, an act to amend the communications act of 1934, and so forth and for other purposes. signed by 17 sena