the clerk: privacy and civil liberties oversight board, patricia m. wald of the district of columbia to be a member of the privacy and civil liberties oversight board. the presiding officer: pursuant to the provisions of s. res. 15 of the 113th congress, there will now be up to eight hours of postcloture consideration of the nomination equally divided in the usual form. mr. durbin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the assistant majority leader. mr. durbin: mr. president, i yield back the majority's time on this nomination. the presiding officer: time is yielded back. the senator from ohio. a senator: i rise to speak on the nomination. the presiding officer: the senator is recognized. mr. portman: mr. president, i'm glad to have this opportunity to come to the floor of this great body and spend a few minutes talking about issues that are of great concern to the people of ohio that i represent and to our country. we're facing a lot of challenges right now. certainly health care costs are on the rise, as we've seen, but jobs are also hard to come by, and

the clerk: privacy and civil liberties oversight board, patricia m. wald of the district of columbia to be a member. mr. reid: 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 rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of patricia m. wald of the district of columbia to be a member of the privacy and civil liberties oversight board signed by 19 senators as follows. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the reading of the names be not necessary. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i now move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion to proceed. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed say nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. reid: i move to executive session to consider calendar number 348. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion to pr