miss kraninger does not have the experience or the values to hold such an important job. in fact, she has fully endorsed this administration's ongoing efforts to systematically dismantle protections for consumers. this time last year, i led over 40 of my colleagues in writing to the president urging him to nominate a professional, bipartisan expert with a proven record of being tough on financial institutions that rip off consumers. instead, this administration has spent the past year working to gut the cfpb under interim director mulvaney. they have frozen data collection of consumer complaints and undermined enforcement tools. they have slow walked enforcement actions and weakened protections for our service members and seniors. they have stripped the fair lending office of enforcement powers and closed the office of students and young consumers. miss kraninger supports all of these actions and all of these actions run contrary to the mission and to the purpose of the consumer financial protection bureau. this nominee is not a bipartisan professional with a proven recor

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

and that if cloture is invoked on the kobes or kraninger nomination all postcloture time be yielded back and the senate vote on the nominations at a time to be determined by the majority leader in consultation with the minority leader but not before december 4. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. portman: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session for a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. portman: mr. president, we have 11 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate, and they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. portman: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of h.r. 6651 which was received from the house. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: h.r. 6651, an act to extend certain authorities relating to united states efforts to combat hiv-aids, tuberculosis and malaria globally and for

kraninger will be on. she's with mick mull vein notification which means she is he's with wall street and the payday lenders. she is not on the side of the 29 million americans who have saved $12 billion because the consumer bureau existed. she is not on their side. she is not on the side of her neighbors, my neighbors in her home state, my home state of ohio who lost their homes and their jobs and their retirement savings to wall street greed. she's not on the side of people who work for a living. she's on the side of big corporations like g.m. that are shutting down the operation in lordstown presumably, costing 5,000 people their jobs, moving some of those jobs overseas. she has no experience in banking or financing or consumer protection. heart one and only qualification, she will be a rubber stamp for special interests. i call on everybody in this body, i call on the president, let's find somebody who will take this job seriously, who will fight with -- fight for the people who make this country work.

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