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 dana biocho of ohio to be commissioner of the consumer product safety commission. mr. mcconnell: i ask 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: the he request is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. those opposed. no the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. mcconnell: now, mr. president, i understand the senate has received a message from the house to accompany s. 2372. the presiding officer: the leader is correct.. mr. mcconnell: i move the chair lay before the senate the message to accompany s. 2372. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the message. the clerk: resolved that the bill fr

use this kind of decision is why that is read the article system this is not the first concrete undersigned the military system against the civilians we have this many times and we are now were we have very serious concerns about the lives of the civilians more and more sold this is an kind of encouragement and relighted the israeli snipers should be shooting to worsen civilians not only shooting also killing so this is the time that the international community in order to be on the side of the palestinian civilians against such a good violations committed by the israeli court and israeli me.

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 jelena mcwilliams of ohio to be chairperson of the board of directors of the federal deposit insurance corporation for a term of five years, signed by 16 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 the debate on the nomination of jelena mcwilliams of ohio to be chairperson of the board of directors of the federal deposit insurance corporation 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 members in the senate wishing to change their vote. the yeas are 72, the nays are 25. the nomination is confirmed. the motion is agreed to. the presiding officer: 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 th

but the undersigned groups on this letter that i am going to submit to you believe that much more needs to be done. our procurement system remains oriented towards diesel for the non-trolley buses and no -- state deadlines are looming and are actually pushing us and driving and ought to be driving procurement decisions and operations planning decisions. and our system or there remains no real systemic effort to get m.t.a. ready to incorporate this as the new technology. and prepare our fleet and operations for electric buses. so as in your role as a funding agency and the overturned agency in the other role as the city's legislative body, hope that you can provide leadership and help and expedite the process on the pilot and do what you can to move the m.t.a. and to be the leader on this. and san francisco has been a leader on clean energy and clean transportation technology for a long time, but the problem with that is the that people close on you and people surpass you. and we need to constantly keep at it. we hope that you can do that. the other folks here will talk more to that poin

the letter to attorney general jeff sessions states, and i quote, we, the undersigned, urge you to, one, limit special counsel mueller's investigation to, a, alleged russian interference with the 2016 presidential election, herein referred to as russian interference and, b, alleged collusion between the trump campaign and russians with respect to the alleged russian interference, herein referred to as trump collusion. second, terminate the investigative phase of mueller's authority no later han july 5, 2018, which is the two-year anniversary of the date on which the f.b.i. began investigating alleged russian interference with the 2016 presidential election. we respectfully request that you consider the following reasoning for our request, end quote. first, with respect to limiting the mueller investigation scope, the letter states, quote, you recused yourself, quote, from any existing or future investigations of any matters related in any way to the campaigns for president of the united states, end quote. this request does not conflict with your recusal because it asks that you direct m

the reason that we are here, the reason that paul and emily and i are here is to present a letter undersigned by eight equity environmental and justice labor organizations urging the mta to move forward on electric buses. years ago there was a commitment to convert the fleet to the zero emission electric buses by 2020 and clearly we are nowhere near that point. we have a letter here that kind of lays out what we are talking about, both in terms of addressing the technology issue that will need to be over come as well as timeline and procurement issues. as we move forward we really want to call on mta to do three things, one immediately commence a pilot project, that's one submitted that needs to be rejected. the city needs to move forward with it with its own funds. we need to incorporate zero emissions into our 30 foot replacement procurement. i realize there's technical issues but this is up to operations folks to figure out how to get there. lastly we need to prepare a plan for your y approval as well as the board of supervisors out lining how we are going to get there. san francisco shoul

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 gina haspel of kentucky to be director of the central intelligence agency 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 calls for the cloture motion be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. those opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. mcconnell: so, mr. president, yesterday the intelligence committee took an important step toward confirming gina haspel to become the next director of the c.i.a. a bipartisan majority voted to report her nomination favorably to the senate. i look forward to promptly moving to a confirmation vote. the committee'

the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22, do hereby bring to a close debate on to s. 2372, a bill to provide outer burrual reaccept cals for remains in national parks. 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 motion to concur on the house amendment to s. 2372, an act to amend title 38, united states code to provide outer burial reaccept cals for remains in national parks and for other purposes, 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, on this vote, there are 91 ayes and the nays are 4. three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. under the previous order, the senate stands in recess until senate stands in recess until >> voting to limit debate on the veterans choi

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 to bring to a close debate on the nomination of joel m. carson, iii, of new mexico to be united states circuit judge. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. the senate will be in order. the clerk will continue. the clerk: for the tenth 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 joel m. carson, iii, of new mexico, 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: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or to change their vote? if not, the yeas are 71. the nays are 24. and the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: the judiciary, joel m. carson iii of new mexico to be united states

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 robert earl weir of kentucky to be united states district judge for the eastern district of queen ken signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. mcconnell: i ask 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: the question is on the motion. all 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 to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 587. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. those opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, fernando rodriguez, jr. of sx to -- of texas to be united states district judge for the southern di

the clerk: cloture motion: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22, do hereby bring to a close debate on michael brennan of wisconsin to be united states district judge for the seventh circuit. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that michael b. brennan of wisconsin to be united states circuit judge shall be closed? the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: 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 49. the noes are 47. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: the judiciary, michael b. brennan of wisconsin to be united states circuit judge for the seventh circuit. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. blumenthal: thank you, madam president. i ask that the quorum call be lift fundamental there is one. the presiding officer: the sen

the clerk: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22, do hereby bring to a close debate on, do here to bring to a close debate of john randolph evans to be ambassador extraordinary of lex omburg, signed by 16 senators. the presiding officer: the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that the nomination of james randolph evans of georgia to be ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of luxeombuorg 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 49, the nays are 42. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, department of state, james randolph evans of georgia to be ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the united states of america to luxembourg. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the time until 1:45 p.m. will be equally divided in the usual form. th

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 gina haspel of kentucky to be director of the central intelligence agency. 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 gina haspel of kentucky to be director of the central intelligence agency shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: 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 54, the nays are 44. the motion is agreed to. under the previous order, all postcloture time is expired. the question occurs on the n.g.o.'s nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote:

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 kurt d. engelhardt of louisiana to be united states circuit judge for the fifth circuit, signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of kurt d. engelhardt of louisiana to be united states circuit judge for the fifth 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: have all senators voted? any senator wish to change their vote? on this vote the yeas are of 4. the nays are 31. the motion is agreed to. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: majority leader of the senate. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the senate resume legislative session for a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mc

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 dana baiocco of ohio to be a commissioner of the consumer product safety commission. the presiding officer: the mandatory quorum call has been waived. is it the sense of the? the that debate on the nomination of dana baiocco of ohio to be commissioner of the consumer product -- do this once more. to be the commissioner of the consumer product safety commission shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mannedry under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: have all senators voted? any senators wish to change their vote? on this vote the yeas are 49, nays 45, the motion is agreed to. mr. mcconnell: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senate majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding the professions of rule 22, all postcloture time on the dana baiocco be considered expired 12 nontoo many,