May 7, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2313 The PRESIDING OFFICER. The EXECUTIVE SESSION move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- question is, Shall the joint resolution nation of Troy D. Edgar, of California, to be pass, the objections of the President of Chief Financial Officer, Department of the United States to the contrary not- EXECUTIVE CALENDAR Homeland Security. Mitch McConnell, Jerry Moran, James withstanding? Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I Lankford, , James E. The yeas and nays are required under move to proceed to executive session to Risch, , David Perdue, the Constitution. consider Calendar No. 547. , , Cory Gard- The clerk will call the roll. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ner, , Marsha The legislative clerk called the roll. question is on agreeing to the motion. Blackburn, , , The motion was agreed to. , Roger F. Wicker, Mike Mr. THUNE. The following Senators Crapo. are necessarily absent: the Senator The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination. Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask unanimous from North Carolina (Mr. BURR) and consent that the mandatory quorum the Senator from (Mr. MORAN). The legislative clerk read the nomi- nation of Brian D. Montgomery, of calls be waived. Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Texas, to be Deputy Secretary of Hous- Senator from Ohio (Mr. BROWN), the objection, it is so ordered. ing and Urban Development. Senator from Washington (Mrs. MUR- f RAY), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. CLOTURE MOTION SANDERS), the Senator from Hawaii Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I MORNING BUSINESS (Mr. SCHATZ), and the Senator from send a cloture motion to the desk. Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I Michigan (Ms. STABENOW) are nec- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- ask unanimous consent that the Sen- essarily absent. ture motion having been presented ate be in a period of morning business, The result was announced—yeas 49, under rule XXII, the Chair directs the with Senators permitted to speak nays 44, as follows: clerk to read the motion. therein for up to 10 minutes each. [Rollcall Vote No. 84 Leg.] The legislative clerk read as follows: The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without CLOTURE MOTION objection, it is so ordered. YEAS—49 We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- The Senator from Maryland. Alexander Harris Peters f Baldwin Hassan Reed ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Bennet Heinrich Rosen Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby CORONAVIRUS Blumenthal Hirono Schumer move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- Booker Jones Shaheen nation of Brian D. Montgomery, of Texas, to Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I rise Cantwell Kaine Sinema be Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban today to highlight the heroes of my Cardin King Smith Development. home State of Maryland who are work- Carper Klobuchar Tester Mitch McConnell, Jerry Moran, James Casey Leahy ing on the frontlines to fight COVID– Udall Cassidy Lee Lankford, John Barrasso, James E. 19. Van Hollen Collins Manchin Risch, Steve Daines, David Perdue, Warner On January 21, the Centers for Dis- Coons Markey Shelley Moore Capito, Tom Cotton, ease Control and Prevention announced Cortez Masto Menendez Warren , , John Duckworth Merkley Whitehouse Cornyn, Kevin Cramer, Tim Scott, the first confirmed case of COVID–19 in Wyden Durbin Murkowski Thom Tillis, Roger F. Wicker, Mike the United States. Since then, the Young Feinstein Murphy Crapo. number of confirmed COVID–19 cases in Gillibrand Paul the United States has ballooned to over f NAYS—44 1.2 million cases and over 72,000 Ameri- Barrasso Gardner Risch LEGISLATIVE SESSION cans have died. Blackburn Graham Roberts Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I The CDC has designated the Balti- Blunt Grassley Romney move to proceed to legislative session. more-Washington corridor as a Boozman Hawley Rounds hotspot, as cases continue to rise in Braun Hoeven Rubio The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Capito Hyde-Smith Sasse question is on agreeing to the motion. the region. As of May 6, there have Cornyn Inhofe Scott (FL) The motion was agreed to. been 28,163 confirmed cases of COVID– Cotton Johnson Scott (SC) 19 and 1,290 confirmed deaths in the Cramer Kennedy Shelby f Crapo Lankford State of Maryland. These are trying, Sullivan Cruz Loeffler unprecedented times for all commu- Thune EXECUTIVE SESSION Daines McConnell nities in America, and Maryland is no Enzi McSally Tillis Ernst Perdue Toomey different in this regard. Fischer Portman Wicker EXECUTIVE CALENDAR Fred Rogers once said that in times of crisis, times like these, we should Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I NOT VOTING—7 ‘‘look for the helpers.’’ I would like to move to proceed to executive session to Brown Murray Stabenow take this time to recognize some of the Burr Sanders consider Calendar No. 339. heroes who are helping communities in Moran Schatz The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Maryland. The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this question is on agreeing to the motion. I am very proud of our State’s hos- vote, the yeas are 49, the nays are 44. The motion was agreed to. pitals, distilleries, manufacturers, and Two-thirds of the Senators being The PRESIDING OFFICER. The biomedical and pharmaceutical compa- duly chosen and sworn, a quorum being clerk will report the nomination. nies that have come together to per- present and not having voted in the af- The legislative clerk read the nomi- form their own testing, manufactured firmative, the joint resolution on re- nation of Troy D. Edgar, of California, personal protective equipment and consideration fails to pass over the to be Chief Financial Officer, Depart- hand sanitizers, and are at the fore- veto of the President of the United ment of Homeland Security. front of developing a vaccine. States. CLOTURE MOTION Maryland is home to some of the The majority leader. Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I world’s premier academic medical sys- send a cloture motion to the desk. tems, including the University of f The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- Maryland Medical System and Johns ture motion having been presented Hopkins University, which have been LEGISLATIVE SESSION under rule XXII, the Chair directs the critical in preparing our State for the clerk to read the motion. pandemic. Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I The legislative clerk read as follows: I am particularly proud of Johns move to proceed to legislative session. CLOTURE MOTION Hopkins’ coronavirus tracking system, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- which public health officials worldwide question is on agreeing to the motion. ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the have come to rely on for up-to-date, ac- The motion was agreed to. Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby curate information. I applaud Johns

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