S5084 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 25, 2019 LEGISLATIVE SESSION The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- EXECUTIVE SESSION Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, ture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the I move to proceed to legislative ses- EXECUTIVE CALENDAR sion. clerk to read the motion. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The The senior assistant legislative clerk Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, question is on agreeing to the motion. read as follows: I move to proceed to executive session The motion was agreed to. CLOTURE MOTION to consider Calendar No. 351. THE PRESIDING OFFICER. The f We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the question is on agreeing to the motion. EXECUTIVE SESSION Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby The motion was agreed to. move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- The clerk will report the nomination. nation of Mary S. McElroy, of Rhode Island, The bill clerk read the nomination of EXECUTIVE CALENDAR to be United States District Judge for the Mary M. Rowland, of Illinois, to be District of Rhode Island. United States District Judge for the Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, Mitch McConnell, John Boozman, John Northern District of Illinois. I move to proceed to executive session Cornyn, Mike Crapo, Pat Roberts, Mike CLOTURE MOTION to consider Calendar No. 55. Rounds, Thom Tillis, Roger F. Wicker, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Cindy Hyde-Smith, Kevin Cramer, Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, question is on agreeing to the motion. John Hoeven, Rob Portman, Dan Sul- I send a cloture motion to the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- The motion was agreed to. livan, Chuck Grassley, Richard Burr, John Thune, Roy Blunt. ture motion having been presented The PRESIDING OFFICER. The under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk will report the nomination. f clerk to read the motion. The bill clerk read the nomination of LEGISLATIVE SESSION The senior assistant legislative clerk John Milton Younge, of Pennsylvania, Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, read as follows: to be United States District Judge for I move to proceed to legislative ses- the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. CLOTURE MOTION sion. We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- CLOTURE MOTION The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, question is on agreeing to the motion. Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby I send a cloture motion to the desk. The motion was agreed to. move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- nation of Mary M. Rowland, of Illinois, to be f ture motion having been presented United States District Judge for the North- under rule XXII, the Chair directs the EXECUTIVE SESSION ern District of Illinois. clerk to read the motion. Mitch McConnell, John Boozman, John Cornyn, Mike Crapo, Pat Roberts, Mike The senior assistant legislative clerk EXECUTIVE CALENDAR Rounds, Thom Tillis, Roger F. Wicker, read as follows: Cindy Hyde-Smith, Kevin Cramer, CLOTURE MOTION Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, John Hoeven, Rob Portman, Dan Sul- We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- I move to proceed to executive session livan, Chuck Grassley, Richard Burr, ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the to consider Calendar No. 346. John Thune, Roy Blunt. Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby THE PRESIDING OFFICER. The Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask unanimous move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- question is on agreeing to the motion. consent that the mandatory quorum nation of John Milton Younge, of Pennsyl- The motion was agreed to. calls for the cloture motions be waived. vania, to be United States District Judge for The clerk will report the nomination. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Mitch McConnell, John Boozman, John The bill clerk read the nomination of objection, it is so ordered. Cornyn, Mike Crapo, Pat Roberts, Mike Stephanie A. Gallagher, of Maryland, The Senator from Massachusetts. Rounds, Thom Tillis, Roger F. Wicker, to be United States District Judge for MUELLER REPORT Cindy Hyde-Smith, Kevin Cramer, the District of Maryland. Mr. MARKEY. Madam President, John Hoeven, Rob Portman, Dan Sul- CLOTURE MOTION yesterday the American people finally livan, Chuck Grassley, Richard Burr, Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, heard at length directly from Special John Thune, Roy Blunt. I send a cloture motion to the desk. Counsel Robert Mueller. In his testi- f The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- mony before the House Judiciary Com- LEGISLATIVE SESSION ture motion having been presented mittee and the Intelligence Com- under rule XXII, the Chair directs the mittee, the special counsel gave voice Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I clerk to read the motion. to his report on Russian interference in move to proceed to legislative session. The senior assistant legislative clerk our 2016 Presidential election and The PRESIDING OFFICER. The read as follows: President Trump’s obstruction of the question is on agreeing to the motion. CLOTURE MOTION investigation into it. The motion was agreed to. We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- What the American people and I f ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the heard from Special Counsel Mueller was an explanation and confirmation of EXECUTIVE SESSION Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- the deeply troubling findings and con- nation of Stephanie A. Gallagher, of Mary- clusions of his investigation and his land, to be United States District Judge for EXECUTIVE CALENDAR written report. He told us that the the District of Maryland. Trump campaign welcomed the help of Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, Mitch McConnell, John Boozman, John a hostile foreign power, Russia, to in- I move to proceed to executive session Cornyn, Mike Crapo, Pat Roberts, Mike Rounds, Thom Tillis, Roger F. Wicker, fluence our 2016 election, accepted that to consider Calendar No. 344. help, lied repeatedly about it, and ben- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Cindy Hyde-Smith, Kevin Cramer, John Hoeven, Rob Portman, Dan Sul- efited from it. question is on agreeing to the motion. livan, Chuck Grassley, Richard Burr, He confirmed that there was volumi- The motion was agreed to. John Thune, Roy Blunt. nous evidence that President Trump The PRESIDING OFFICER. The f had obstructed justice through his ef- clerk will report the nomination. forts to interfere with and impede the The bill clerk read the nomination of LEGISLATIVE SESSION special counsel’s investigation. Most Mary S. McElroy, of Rhode Island, to Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, importantly, contrary to the Presi- be United States District Judge for the I move to proceed to legislative ses- dent’s claims, the special counsel con- District of Rhode Island. sion. firmed that his investigation had not CLOTURE MOTION The PRESIDING OFFICER. The exonerated the President of the crime Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, question is on agreeing to the motion. of obstruction of justice. When asked, I send a cloture motion to the desk. The motion was agreed to. Robert Mueller made this crystal clear, VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:51 Jul 26, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G25JY6.042 S25JYPT1 dlhill on DSKBBY8HB2PROD with SENATE July 25, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S5085 testifying that ‘‘the President was not top deputies and restricted the scope of That Robert Mueller found so much exculpated for the acts that he alleg- the Mueller testimony, and President evidence that this President com- edly committed.’’ Trump has vowed to fight any future mitted impeachable offenses might be In his testimony yesterday, Special congressional subpoenas. shocking, but it should not be sur- Counsel Mueller did not back away What we have seen from President prising. After all, look at what we have from any of his written report’s find- Trump is a pattern of repeated and learned about this President during his ings. The American people saw and baseless defiance of the House’s con- 21⁄2 years in office, what he is willing to heard him emphatically defend them. stitutional authority to investigate, say and what he is willing to do. Special Counsel Mueller, a decorated especially subpoenas seeking evidence Did an American President put fam- war hero, gave every single American that the President obstructed justice ily members in high-level White House cause for deep alarm when he called and abused his power. policy positions—positions requiring Russian interference in support of the The President has engaged in security clearances that should never Trump campaign ‘‘among the most se- stonewalling that shows an unprece- have been issued? Yes, he did. rious challenges’’ to American democ- dented disregard and contempt for a Did an American President repeat- racy that he had ever seen. coequal branch of government under edly show infatuation with and express He agreed that it was ‘‘unpatriotic’’ our Constitution—disregard and con- sympathy for authoritarian figures and ‘‘wrong’’ to seek campaign help tempt that would make Richard Nixon around the globe, most notably Vladi- from a foreign power, and he decried blush with envy. mir Putin, the man who interfered President Trump’s failure to acknowl- Taken together, Special Counsel Rob- with the 2016 election to President edge or respond to the systematic and ert Mueller’s testimony and the Presi- Trump’s benefit? Yes, he did. sweeping Russian interference, warn- dent’s obstruction of the congressional Did an American President face mul- ing: ‘‘They’re doing it as we sit here.’’ investigation compel us to imme- tiple, repeated, and credible allegations Yesterday, Donald Trump tried to de- diately begin a formal impeachment of sexual assault by more than a dozen fend himself in tweets while Robert inquiry.