Mazie K. Hirono and Brian Schatz were mentioned in CLOTURE MOTION on page S6619 covering the 1st Session of the 117th Congress published on Sept. 22 in the Congressional Record.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
CLOTURE MOTION
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate the pending cloture motion, which the clerk will state.
The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
Cloture Motion
We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of Executive Calendar No. 341, Florence Y. Pan, of the District of Columbia, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia.
Charles E. Schumer, Mazie K. Hirono, Sheldon Whitehouse,
Jack Reed, Martin Heinrich, Michael F. Bennet, Jacky
Rosen, Richard Blumenthal, Alex Padilla, John
Hickenlooper, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Tina Smith, Tim
Kaine, Ben Ray Lujan, Chris Van Hollen, Jeff Merkley.
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 Florence Y. Pan, of the District of Columbia, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, shall be brought to a close?
The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule.
The clerk will call the roll.
The legislative clerk called the roll.
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) are necessarily absent.
Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul), the Senator from South Dakota
(Mr. Rounds), and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Shelby).
The yeas and nays resulted–yeas 66, nays 27, as follows:
YEAS–66
BaldwinBarrassoBennetBlumenthalBookerBrownBurrCantwellCapitoCardinCarperCaseyCollinsCoonsCornynCortez MastoCottonDuckworthDurbinErnstFischerGillibrandGrassleyHassanHeinrichHickenlooperHironoKaineKellyKingKlobucharLeahyLeeLujanMarkeyMcConnellMenendezMerkleyMurkowskiMurphyMurrayOssoffPadillaPetersPortmanReedRomneyRosenSandersSchatzSchumerScott (SC)ShaheenSinemaSmithStabenowTesterTillisToomeyVan HollenWarnerWarnockWarrenWhitehouseWydenYoung
NAYS–27
BlackburnBluntBoozmanBraunCassidyCramerCruzDainesHagertyHawleyHoevenHyde-SmithInhofeJohnsonKennedyLankfordLummisMarshallMoranRischRubioSasseScott (FL)SullivanThuneTubervilleWicker
NOT VOTING–7
CrapoFeinsteinGrahamManchinPaulRoundsShelby
The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 66, the nays are 27.
The motion is agreed to.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 164
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