S7136 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 18, 2019 and laid upon the table and the Presi- Shelby Thune Wicker ENS Joshua Kaleb Watson of Ala- Sinema Tillis Young dent be immediately notified of the Sullivan Toomey bama was a 23-year-old natural born Senate’s action. Tester Warner leader and selfless volunteer who had The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without lifted others up. Joshua died a hero NAYS—18 objection, it is so ordered. after giving first responders informa- Baldwin Hirono Smith tion on the shooter’s location while he f Bennet Markey Stabenow Brown Merkley Udall was mortally wounded. Cantwell Murray Van Hollen Amn Apprentice Cameron Scott Wal- CLOTURE MOTION Gillibrand Schatz Whitehouse ters of Richmond, GA, was just 21 years Heinrich Schumer Wyden The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant old, with a contagious smile. His dream to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the NOT VOTING—6 was to serve our country. Senate the pending cloture motion, Booker Isakson Sanders Our sailors and law enforcement offi- which the clerk will state. Harris Klobuchar Warren cials showed heroism and bravery in The senior assistant legislative clerk The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this the face of evil as they ran toward the read as follows: vote, the yeas are 76, the nays are 18. shooter that day, saving lives. To our CLOTURE MOTION The motion is agreed to. first responders who came to the swift We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- f aid of those in need, I would like to ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the thank each one of them. Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby EXECUTIVE CALENDAR Today, the State of stands move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The united around the community of Pen- nation of , of Florida, to be clerk will report the nomination. sacola and the families of victims as District Judge for the South- we pray for healing. I join my col- ern District of Florida. The senior assistant legislative clerk Mitch McConnell, , Rich- read the nomination of Anuraag leagues as we do everything we can to ard Burr, , John Singhal, of Florida, to be United States prevent future terrorist attacks. Cornyn, , , District Judge for the Southern Dis- Mr. President, as in legislative ses- , , , trict of Florida. sion, I ask unanimous consent that the , , Chuck ORDER OF PROCEDURE Senate proceed to the consideration of Grassley, , Rick Scott, S. Res. 457, submitted earlier today. Roger F. Wicker, Cindy Hyde-Smith. Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that notwith- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unan- standing provisions of rule XXII, at 4 clerk will report the resolution by imous consent, the mandatory quorum p.m. today, the Senate vote on the mo- title. call has been waived. tions to invoke cloture filed on Mon- The senior assistant legislative clerk The question is, Is it the sense of the day’s session of the Senate in the order read as follows: Senate that debate on the nomination filed. I further ask that if cloture is in- A resolution (S. Res. 457) condemning the of Anuraag Singhal, of Florida, to be voked, the Senate vote on confirmation terrorist attack at Naval Air Station Pensa- United States District Judge for the cola on Friday, December 6, 2019, honoring of Executive Calendar No. 465 and the Southern District of Florida, shall be the members of the Navy who lost their lives nominations at a time to be deter- brought to a close? in the attack, and expressing support and mined by the majority leader in con- The yeas and nays are mandatory prayers for all individuals affected by the at- sultation with the Democratic leader; tack. under the rule. that if confirmed, the motions to re- The clerk will call the roll. There being no objection, the Senate consider be considered made and laid The legislative clerk called the roll. proceeded to consider the resolution. upon the table and the President be im- Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is Mr. SCOTT of Florida. Mr. President, mediately notified of the Senate’s ac- necessarily absent: the Senator from I ask unanimous consent that the reso- tion. Georgia (Mr. ISAKSON). lution be agreed to, the preamble be The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the agreed to, and the motions to recon- objection, it is so ordered. Senator from New Jersey (Mr. BOOKER), sider be considered made and laid upon The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- the Senator from California (Ms. HAR- the table with no intervening action or ator from Florida. RIS), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. debate. KLOBUCHAR), the Senator from f The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Vermont (Mr. SANDERS), and the Sen- CONDEMNING THE TERRORIST AT- ator from Massachusetts (Ms. WARREN) The resolution (S. Res. 457) was TACK AT NAVAL AIR STATION agreed to. are necessarily absent. PENSACOLA ON FRIDAY, DECEM- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. The preamble was agreed to. BER 6, 2019, HONORING THE MEM- (The resolution, with its preamble, is PERDUE). Are there any other Senators BERS OF THE NAVY WHO LOST in the Chamber desiring to vote? printed in today’s RECORD under ‘‘Sub- THEIR LIVES IN THE ATTACK, mitted Resolutions.’’) The yeas and nays resulted—76 yeas, AND EXPRESSING SUPPORT AND nays 18, as follows: Mr. SCOTT of Florida. I yield the PRAYERS FOR ALL INDIVIDUALS floor to Senator RUBIO. [Rollcall Vote No. 403 Ex.] AFFECTED BY THE ATTACK The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- YEAS—76 Mr. SCOTT of Florida. Today we ator from Florida. Alexander Duckworth Manchin come together to honor the courage of Mr. RUBIO. Mr. President, I want to Barrasso Durbin McConnell Blackburn Enzi McSally our brave men and women in uniform— thank my colleague Senator SCOTT for Blumenthal Ernst Menendez our heroes—and remember the victims offering this and all of our colleagues Blunt Feinstein Moran of the tragic terrorist attack that took and, of course, all of the Senators who Boozman Fischer Murkowski Braun Gardner Murphy place at Naval Air Station Pensacola voted for it unanimously. Burr Graham Paul on the morning of Friday, December 6. My colleague from Florida has al- Capito Grassley Perdue I would like to thank my colleagues, ready mentioned the three names of Cardin Hassan Peters Senators RUBIO, PERDUE, ISAKSON, those in the service of our country who Carper Hawley Portman Casey Hoeven Reed SHELBY, and JONES, for standing with lost their lives in Pensacola. I will talk Cassidy Hyde-Smith Risch me today as we honor the sacrifice and about them more in a moment. Collins Inhofe Roberts memory of the three victims and their I do want to say a couple of things. Coons Johnson Romney Cornyn Jones Rosen families. First, Pensacola really is one of the Cortez Masto Kaine Rounds Amn Mohammed Sameh Haitham, hidden gems of the State that Senator Cotton Kennedy Rubio known to friends and family as ‘‘Mo,’’ SCOTT and I represent. To understand Cramer King Sasse was just 19 years old from St. Peters- Pensacola, you must understand that Crapo Lankford Scott (FL) Cruz Leahy Scott (SC) burg, FL. He was a great athlete who is it not just a city in which a naval fa- Daines Lee Shaheen loved to make others laugh. cility is located. The Navy is very

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