to prevent the destruction of artistic monuments we the undersigned have resolved to establish a commission for questions pertaining to art the chairman maxine gorky. in order to implement the plan outlined by corkey yesterday evening emissaries went to the duma today armed with a list of demands. after that everything went very fast a government resolution was drafted the arts commission can be established. the commission was granted a number of powers it was even assigned a militia of its own. the gorki commission issued an appeal it was broadcast throughout the city. citizens the old rulers are gone leaving behind a great legacy which now belongs to the people treasure this legacy the beauty that talented people were able to create even under the yoke of despotism. i have forgotten how and why but someone voiced the suspicion i might try to force my way into the academy with some organizing committee or other at that a bearded gentleman rose and said if mayakovsky enters the academy it will be over my dead body if he tries to do so i shall shoot him that's classless art for you. one pers

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 nomination of derek kan of california to be under secretary of transportation for policy. signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of derek kan of california to be under secretary of transportation for policy 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: is there anyone wishing to change their vote? is there anyone remaining to vote? on this motion the yeas are 87. the nays are 9. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, department of transportation, derek kan of california to be under secretary fo secretary of transportation for policy. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from south dakota. mr. thune: madam president, i rise to voice

it says -- in the event that any of the undersigned counsel determines that its clients no longer haswill have mutuality of interest in a joint defense it will promptly notify the other undersigned counsel and withdraw from this agreement, which agreement will therepon be terminated, provided, however, that such termination shall not affect or impair the obligations of confidentiality with respect to this agreement or defense materials. so, in other words, clearly, what has happened here is that michael flynn has entered into a cooperation agreement with the government. under this agreement, he has to notify other members of the agreement, probably including the president himself, that he no longer is part of this agreement. >> he doesn't have to notify the other meshes of the agreement. why? just has to -- his lawyer has to say, we do not have a mutual interest in continuing to share information with you. >> correct. but also means that the conversations that they had during that period of time, what each of them said with their lawyers present, all of that, still is maintained under

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 nomination of derek kan of california to be under secretary of transportation for policy. signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of derek kan of california to be under secretary of transportation for policy shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll.

to prevent the destruction of artistic monuments we the undersigned have resolved to establish a commission for questions pertaining to art the chairman maxine gorky. in order to implement the plan outlined by corkey yesterday evening emissaries went to the duma today armed with a list of demands. after that everything went very fast a government resolution was drafted the arts commission can be established. the commission was granted a number of powers it was even assigned a militia of its own. the gorki commission issued an appeal it was broadcast throughout the city. citizens the old rulers are gone leaving behind a great legacy which now belongs to the people treasure this legacy the beauty that talented people were able to create even under the yoke of despotism. i have forgotten how and why but someone voiced the suspicion i might try to force my way into the academy with some organizing committee or other at that a bearded gentleman rose and said if mayakovsky enters the academy it will be over my dead body if he tries to do so i shall shoot him that's classless art for you. one pers

the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture 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 nomination of gregory g. katsas of virginia to be united states circuit judge for the district of columbia circuit signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the seniors of the senate that the nomination on gregory g. katsas of virginia to be united states circuit judge for the district of columbia shall be brought to a close? the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or to change their vote? if not the yeas are 52. the nays are 48. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: the judiciary. gregory g. katsas of virginia to be united states circuit judge for the district of columbia circuit. mr. mcconnell: mr. presid

the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22, do hereby bring to a close debate on -- the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the clerk may continue. the clerk: debate on the nomination of steven gill bradbury to be general counsel of the department of transportation. the presiding officer: by i ask unanimous consent the mandatory quorum call has been waived. is it the sense of the senate that debate on steven gill bradbury to be general counsel of the department of transportation 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 50, the nays are 47. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the n.o.m. nomination. the clerk: department of transportation, steve steven gil bradbury to be general counsel. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that

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 nomination of peter b. robb to be general counsel of the national labor relations board, signed by 17 senators. 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 peter b. robb of vermont to be general counsel of the national labor relations board for a term of four years shall be brought to a close? the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding --. the presiding officer: are there senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change that voyeur? the nays are 51. the noes are 47. the motion is agreed to. the clerk: national labor relations board peter b. robb of vermont to be general counsel a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to spea

we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22, do hereby bring to a close debate on the nomination of and donald c. coggins jr. of south carolina to be united states district judge for the district of south carolina signed by 17 senators. 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 donald c. coggins jr. of south carolina to be united states district judge for the district of south carolina shall be brought to a close? the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call call the ro. vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote? if not, the yeas are 96, the nays are 1, and the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: the judiciary, donald c. coggins jr. of south carolina to be united states district judge for the district of south carolina. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatorl report the motion to

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 nomination of steven andrew engel to be an assistant attorney general, signed by 17 senators as follows -- you. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: question is on the motion. all those in favor, say aye. those opposed, say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. mcconnell: i move proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 384, peter robb. the presiding officer: question is on the motion. all those in favor, say aye. all those opposed, say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, national labor relations board, peter b. robb of vermont to be general counsel. mr. mcconnell: i send a cloture motion to the desk. th

the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22, do hereby bring to a close debate on debate on the nomination of joseph nodan of nevada. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. by previous consent, the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of joseph odden of nevada shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote? if not, the yeas are 54, the nays are 44. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: department of treasury, joseph otting of nevada to be comptroller of the currency.

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 nomination of gregory g. kafsas of virginia to be united states circuit judge for the district of columbia circuit 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 unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum call be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: so, mr. president, just a moment ago the senate acted to send the president one of the most important policy bills we consider each year -- the national defense authorization act. not only will this legislation authorize the resources, capabilities, pay, and benefits that our men and women in uniform need to perform their missions, but this year's bill also goes further. it takes a notable step toward authorizing the resources needed to start rebuilding our military and restoring combat readiness. it will help i

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 nomination of stephanos bibas of pennsylvania to be u.s. circuit judge for the third circuit, signed by 17 senators. 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 stephanos bibas of pennsylvania to be united states circuit judge for the third circuit shall be brought to a close? the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: quorum call: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote? seeing none, the yeas are 54, nays 43. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: stephanos bibas of pennsylvania to be united states circuit judge for the third circuit. mr. toomey: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from pennsylvania. mr. too

we the undersigned senators in accordance provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of allison eid. the presiding officer: the question is is it the sense of the debate than the nomination of allison eid of colorado to be united states circuit judge for the tenth circuit 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 56, the nays are 42. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: the judiciary, allison h. eid of colorado to be united states circuit judge for the tenth circuit. a senator: mr. president, i have eight requests for committees to meet during today session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. a senator: thank you, mr. president. i rise today to add my voice, my strong support, to the confirmation of col

the clerk: cloture motion: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22, do hereby bring to a close debate on the nomination of steven andrew engel to be assistant attorney general. the presiding officer: the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of steven andrew engel to be assistant attorney general shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote? if not the yeas are 51. and the nays are 47. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, department of justice, stephen andrew engel of the district of columbia to be assistant attorney general. the presiding officer: the senator from alabama. duly noted. under the previous order, the senate stands in recess until senate stands in recess until >> the u.s. senate taking a break so lawmakers may attend the weekly party caucus meetings. senate lawmakers just now taking pr