“HONORING OUR PROMISE TO ADDRESS COMPREHENSIVE TOXICS ACT OF 2021– MOTION TO PROCEED” published by the Congressional Record in the Senate section on May 26

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Brian Schatz was mentioned in HONORING OUR PROMISE TO ADDRESS COMPREHENSIVE TOXICS ACT OF 2021– MOTION TO PROCEED on page S2729 covering the 2nd Session of the 117th Congress published on May 26 in the Congressional Record.

The publication is reproduced in full below:

HONORING OUR PROMISE TO ADDRESS COMPREHENSIVE TOXICS ACT OF 2021–

MOTION TO PROCEED

Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I move to proceed to Calendar No. 388, H.R. 3967.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion.

The legislative clerk read as follows:

Motion to proceed to Calendar No. 388, H.R. 3967, a bill to improve health care and benefits for veterans exposed to toxic substances, and for other purposes.

Cloture Motion

Mr. SCHUMER. I send a cloture motion to the desk.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.

The 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 motion to proceed to Calendar No. 388, H.R. 3967, a bill to improve health care and benefits for veterans exposed to toxic substances, and for other purposes.

Charles E. Schumer, Jon Tester, Benjamin L. Cardin, John

W. Hickenlooper, Richard Blumenthal, Jack Reed, Bernard

Sanders, Brian Schatz, Tim Kaine, Richard J. Durbin,

Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Martin Heinrich, Margaret Wood

Hassan, Tammy Duckworth, Kyrsten Sinema, Patrick J.

Leahy, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Christopher A. Coons.

Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum calls for the cloture motions filed today, May 26, be waived.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 168, No. 92

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