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December 3, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6819 Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unan- unanimous consent that I be permitted Senator from New Jersey (Mr. BOOKER), imous consent, the mandatory quorum to change my vote since it will not af- the Senator from California (Ms. HAR- call has been waived. fect the outcome. RIS), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. The question is, Is it the sense of the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without KLOBUCHAR), the Senator from Senate that debate on the nomination objection, it is so ordered. Vermont (Mr. SANDERS), and the Sen- of Douglas Russell Cole, of Ohio, to be (The foregoing tally has been ator from Massachusetts (Ms. WARREN) District Judge for the changed to reflect the above order.) are necessarily absent. Southern District of Ohio, shall be f The PRESIDING OFFICER. (Ms. brought to a close? MCSALLY). Are there any other Sen- The yeas and nays are mandatory CLOTURE MOTION ators in the Chamber desiring to vote? under the rule. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 50, The clerk will call the roll. to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the nays 43, as follows: The bill clerk called the roll. Senate the pending cloture motion, Mr. THUNE. The following Senators [Rollcall Vote No. 371 Ex.] which the clerk will state. are necessarily absent: the Senator YEAS—50 The bill clerk read as follows: Alexander Fischer Perdue from Georgia (Mr. ISAKSON), the Sen- CLOTURE MOTION Barrasso Gardner Portman ator from Wisconsin (Mr. JOHNSON), the Blackburn Graham Risch Senator from Alaska (Ms. MURKOWSKI), We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- Blunt Grassley Roberts and the Senator from South Dakota ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Boozman Hawley Romney Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby (Mr. ROUNDS). Braun Hoeven Rubio move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- Burr Hyde-Smith Sasse Further, if present and voting, the nation of R. Austin Huffaker, Jr., of Ala- Capito Inhofe Scott (FL) Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. JOHNSON) Cassidy Isakson bama, to be United States District Judge for Scott (SC) Cornyn Johnson would have voted ‘‘yea.’’ the Middle District of Alabama. Shelby Cotton Kennedy Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the , , , Sullivan Cramer Lankford OOKER Burr, , Chuck Thune Senator from New Jersey (Mr. B ), Crapo Lee the Senator from California (Ms. HAR- Grassley, , Rick Scott, Cruz McConnell Tillis Toomey RIS), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. , , Daines McSally , Roger F. Wicker, Cindy Enzi Moran Wicker KLOBUCHAR), the Senator from Ernst Paul Young Hyde-Smith, , Mike Vermont (Mr. SANDERS), and the Sen- Rounds, , Mitch McCon- NAYS—43 ator from Massachusetts (Ms. WARREN) nell. are necessarily absent. Baldwin Hassan Rosen The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unan- Bennet Heinrich Schatz The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there imous consent, the mandatory quorum Blumenthal Hirono Schumer any other Senators in the Chamber de- Brown Jones call has been waived. Shaheen siring to vote or change their vote? Cantwell Kaine Sinema The question is, Is it the sense of the The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 62, Cardin King Smith Senate that debate on the nomination Carper Leahy nays 29. Stabenow of R. Austin Huffaker, Jr., of Alabama, Casey Manchin Tester Collins Markey [Rollcall Vote No. 372 Ex.] Udall to be United States District Judge for Coons Menendez YEAS—62 Van Hollen the Middle District of Alabama, shall Cortez Masto Merkley Warner Alexander Enzi Paul Duckworth Murphy be brought to a close? Barrasso Ernst Perdue Durbin Murray Whitehouse The yeas and nays are mandatory Wyden Blackburn Fischer Portman Feinstein Peters Blunt Gardner under the rule. Gillibrand Reed Reed Boozman Graham Risch The clerk will call the roll. NOT VOTING—7 Braun Grassley Roberts The senior assistant bill clerk called Brown Hawley Booker Murkowski Warren Romney the roll. Burr Hoeven Rubio Harris Rounds Capito Hyde-Smith Sasse Mr. THUNE. The following Senators Klobuchar Sanders Carper Inhofe Scott (FL) are necessarily absent: the Senator The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this Casey Jones Cassidy Kennedy Scott (SC) from Georgia (Mr. ISAKSON), the Sen- vote, the yeas are 50, the nays are 43. Collins King Shelby ator from Alaska (Ms. MURKOWSKI), and The motion is agreed to. Coons Lankford Sinema the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Sullivan Mr. THUNE. Madam President, I ask Cornyn Leahy ROUNDS). unanimous consent that the remaining Cotton Lee Thune Cramer Manchin Tillis Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the votes in this series be 10 minutes each Crapo McConnell Toomey Senator from New Jersey (Mr. BOOKER), in length. Cruz McSally Whitehouse the Senator from California (Ms. HAR- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Daines Moran Wicker Durbin Murphy Young RIS), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. objection, it is so ordered. KLOBUCHAR), the Senator from NAYS—29 f Vermont (Mr. SANDERS), and the Sen- CLOTURE MOTION Baldwin Heinrich Schumer ator from Massachusetts (Ms. WARREN) Bennet Hirono Shaheen are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant Blumenthal Kaine Smith The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Cantwell Markey Stabenow Cardin Menendez Tester YOUNG). Are there any other Senators Senate the pending cloture motion, Cortez Masto Merkley Udall in the Chamber desiring to vote? which the clerk will read. Duckworth Murray Van Hollen The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 88, The senior assistant legislative clerk Feinstein Peters Warner Gillibrand Rosen nays 4, as follows: read as follows: Wyden Hassan Schatz [Rollcall Vote No. 373 Ex.] CLOTURE MOTION NOT VOTING—9 YEAS—88 We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Booker Johnson Rounds Alexander Casey Feinstein Harris Klobuchar Sanders Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby Baldwin Cassidy Fischer Isakson Murkowski Warren Barrasso Collins Gardner move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The yeas Bennet Coons Graham nation of Douglas Russell Cole, of Ohio, to be Blackburn Cornyn Grassley United States District Judge for the South- are 62, the nays are 29. Blumenthal Cortez Masto Hassan ern District of Ohio. The motion is agreed to. Blunt Cotton Hawley Mitch McConnell, John Hoeven, Steve The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Boozman Cramer Heinrich Daines, James E. Risch, Roger F. ator from Pennsylvania. Braun Crapo Hoeven Wicker, Pat Roberts, John Thune, Brown Cruz Hyde-Smith CHANGE OF VOTE Burr Daines Inhofe , Roy Blunt, Mike Crapo, Mr. CASEY. Madam President, on Cantwell Duckworth Johnson John Boozman, John Cornyn, Lindsey Capito Durbin Jones Graham, , David Perdue, rollcall vote 372, I voted no. It was my Cardin Enzi Kaine , Rick Scott. intention to vote aye. Therefore, I ask Carper Ernst Kennedy

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:08 Dec 04, 2019 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A03DE6.008 S03DEPT1 dlhill on DSKBBY8HB2PROD with SENATE S6820 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 3, 2019 King Reed Stabenow [Rollcall Vote No. 374 Ex.] across the State. At the end of the Lankford Risch Sullivan YEAS—88 year, Mike is retiring from his decades’ Leahy Roberts Tester Lee Romney Thune Alexander Feinstein Reed long service to Illinois’ labor unions Manchin Rosen Tillis Baldwin Fischer Risch and its nearly 900,000 members. McConnell Rubio Toomey Barrasso Gardner Roberts In the fall of 2011, Mike was my guest McSally Sasse Udall Bennet Graham Romney for then-President Obama’s joint ses- Menendez Schatz Van Hollen Blackburn Grassley Rosen Moran Schumer Blumenthal Hassan sion of Congress focusing on the econ- Warner Rubio Murphy Scott (FL) Blunt Hawley Whitehouse Sasse omy. Mike had been an authority on Murray Scott (SC) Boozman Heinrich Wicker Schatz creating jobs and putting people back Paul Shaheen Braun Hoeven Schumer Perdue Shelby Wyden Brown Hyde-Smith to work for years so the invitation Scott (FL) Peters Sinema Young Burr Inhofe made perfect sense. And Mike was Portman Smith Cantwell Johnson Scott (SC) there to applaud a President he had Capito Jones Shaheen NAYS—4 Shelby worked hard to elect. Cardin Kaine Michael Carrigan was born in Kan- Gillibrand Markey Carper Kennedy Sinema Hirono Merkley Casey King Smith kakee, IL, and grew up in Kankakee Cassidy Lankford Stabenow County. After graduating from NOT VOTING—8 Collins Leahy Sullivan MacMurray College in Jacksonville Tester Booker Klobuchar Sanders Coons Lee and completing a 4-year apprenticeship Harris Murkowski Warren Cornyn Manchin Thune Isakson Rounds Cortez Masto McConnell Tillis in Decatur, he became a journeyman Cotton McSally Toomey electrician. Mike installed wiring at The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this Cramer Menendez Udall construction sites for everything from vote, the yeas are 88, the nays are 4. Crapo Moran Van Hollen nuclear powerplants to fast-food res- The motion is agreed to. Cruz Murphy Warner Daines Murray Whitehouse taurants. Later, he became the busi- f Duckworth Paul Wicker ness manager and financial secretary Durbin Perdue Wyden CLOTURE MOTION Enzi Peters for the International Brotherhood of Young The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant Ernst Portman Electrical Workers Local 146 in Deca- to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the tur. NAYS—4 In 1995, Mike ran for the city council Senate the pending cloture motion, Gillibrand Markey in Decatur and won. Four years later, which the clerk will state. Hirono Merkley Margaret Blackshere chose Mike to be The senior assistant legislative clerk NOT VOTING—8 her running mate in an historic bid for read as follows: Booker Klobuchar Sanders the leadership of the Illinois AFL–CIO. CLOTURE MOTION Harris Murkowski Warren Margaret was the first woman to serve We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- Isakson Rounds as president of the labor organization, ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this and they were the right people for the Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby vote, the yeas are 88, the nays are 4. move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- jobs at the right time. Under the lead- nation of David B. Barlow, of Utah, to be The motion is agreed to. ership of Margaret and Mike, the AFL– United States District Judge for the District f CIO led the fight to raise the State’s of Utah. minimum wage multiple times, devel- Mitch McConnell, John Boozman, Rich- EXECUTIVE CALENDAR oped infrastructure plans, and ard Burr, Shelley Moore Capito, John The PRESIDING OFFICER. The strengthened labor union membership Cornyn, Mike Crapo, , clerk will report the nomination. in Illinois. They brought together di- Roy Blunt, John Thune, Steve Daines, The senior assistant legislative clerk verse groups and built coalitions to im- Thom Tillis, , Chuck prove the lives of working families in Grassley, Tom Cotton, , read the nomination of David B. Bar- Roger F. Wicker, Cindy Hyde-Smith. low, of Utah, to be United States Dis- Illinois, from infrastructure to trict Judge for the District of Utah. healthcare. The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unan- When Margaret stepped away from imous consent, the mandatory quorum The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ator from Georgia. her post in 2007, Mike seamlessly con- call has been waived. tinued the hard work of leading Illinois The question is, Is it the sense of the f AFL–CIO. In 2008, the mayor of Decatur Senate that debate on the nomination LEGISLATIVE SESSION resigned abruptly, and the city council of David B. Barlow, of Utah, to be picked Mike to finish the term. Like United States District Judge for the his work in labor, Mike took to his District of Utah, shall be brought to a MORNING BUSINESS temporary role with enthusiasm. He close? Mr. PERDUE. Madam President, I served for 10 months, providing steady The yeas and nays are mandatory leadership, before returning full time under the rule. ask unanimous consent that the Sen- ate proceed to legislative session and to the AFL–CIO. The clerk will call the roll. In 2015, a newly elected Republican be in a period of morning business, The senior assistant legislative clerk Governor purposely chose Mike’s with Senators permitted to speak called the roll. hometown of Decatur to launch a cam- therein for up to 10 minutes each. Mr. THUNE. The following Senators paign to break Illinois unions with The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without are necessarily absent: the Senator right to work laws. Mike Carrigan did objection, it is so ordered. from Georgia (Mr. ISAKSON), the Sen- not back away. Mike fought then-Gov- ator from Alaska (Ms. MURKOWSKI), and f ernor Rauner’s efforts to weaken work- the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. TRIBUTE TO MIKE CARRIGAN ers’ rights in every corner of our State. ROUNDS). From courtrooms to the picket line, Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Mr. DURBIN. Madam President, Mike took the fight to Rauner. In 2018, Senator from New Jersey (Mr. BOOKER), nearly one-quarter of Illinois’ work- the voters of Illinois retired Bruce the Senator from California (Ms. HAR- force will see the benefit of a $15 an our Rauner. Within 6 months, Mike had RIS), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. minimum wage by 2025. Also, the State worked behind the scenes to ensure KLOBUCHAR), the Senator from of Illinois is about to embark on a mas- that State workers had a new contract Vermont (Mr. SANDERS), and the Sen- sive $45 billion infrastructure mod- under our new Governor, J.B. Pritzker. ator from Massachusetts (Ms. WARREN) ernization and construction plan. Sim- After 20 years of service to the Illi- are necessarily absent. ply put, these are life-changing nois AFL–CIO, Mike is retiring. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. achievements. And behind both is Mi- Thanks to his hard work and dedica- MCSALLY). Are there any other Sen- chael Carrigan. tion, the outlook for Illinois labor is ators in the Chamber desiring to vote? Since 2010, Mike Carrigan has served bright. The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 88, as the president of the Illinois AFL– Even in retirement, I know Mike will nays 4, as follows: CIO, fighting for working families keep busy and will only be a phone call

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