ms. klobuchar: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. ms. klobuchar: we yield back time on all three nominations. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. hearing no further debate, the question will occur on the neelan nomination. all those in favorfy by saying aye. opposed? the ayes have it. the nomination is confirmed. question now occurs on the wood nomination. all those in favor sayfy by saying aye. opposed? the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nomination is confirmed. the question now occurs on the janichen nomination. all those in favor signify by saying aye. opposed? the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table are considered made an laid upon the table. the president will be immediately notified of the senate's actionaged the senate will resume legislative session. ms. klobuchar: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. ms. klobuchar: mr. president, i come to the senate

ms. klobuchar: madam president, i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. klobuchar: madam president, i come to the senate floor today to speak about the recent heavy rain storms in minnesota that have caused significant flooding in our state. this wasn't a one-day disaster. this wasn't a sudden flash flood like we saw in did he luge a few days ago or a tornado coming n this was a disaster that occurred over a series of weeks where we had rainfall after rainfall after rainfall from the canadian border downward. it has damaged infrastructure and caused significant crop damage in some of our counties 40% of the farmland is under water. these storms have led to states of emergency being declared for 51 of minnesota's 87 counties. we haven't seen anything like this for a whoil. it tended to be in the past that we had a corner of our state that would see trouble, but here we've 51 of minnesota's 87 counties being declared a state of the emergency. over the past few weeks i have visited many of these affected areas an

ms. klobuchar: mr. president, i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that the call of the quorum be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask consent the senate proceed to a period of morning business. senators allowed to speak for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that tomorrow, july 29, the senate execute the order with respect to calendar number 952, mcdonnell, that the only debate time occurring from 12 moo ton 12:30 p.m. from 2:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. equally divided in the usual form. at 2:45 p.m., the senate proceed to vote on the monopoly nation. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: following senate consideration of calendar number 9525, mcdonald on tuesday, july 29, the senate remain in executive session to consider calendar number 599, polashec. upon the use or yielding back of time, th