Brian Schatz was mentioned in CLOTURE MOTION on page S6904 covering the 1st Session of the 117th Congress published on Oct. 5 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. 253, Lauren J. King, of Washington, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Washington.
Richard J. Durbin, Charles E. Schumer, Christopher
Murphy, Amy Klobuchar, Debbie Stabenow, Martin
Heinrich, Edward J. Markey, Patty Murray, Tina Smith,
Tammy Baldwin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Brian Schatz, Tim
Kaine, Alex Padilla, Tammy Duckworth, Richard
Blumenthal, Jacky Rosen.
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 Lauren J. King, of Washington, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Washington, shall be brought to a close?
The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule.
The clerk will call the roll.
The senior assistant bill clerk called the roll.
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) is necessarily absent.
The yeas and nays resulted–yeas 55, nays 44, as follows:
YEAS–55
BaldwinBennetBlumenthalBookerBrownCantwellCardinCarperCaseyCollinsCoonsCortez MastoDuckworthDurbinGillibrandGrahamGrassleyHassanHeinrichHickenlooperHironoKaineKellyKingKlobucharLeahyLujanManchinMarkeyMcConnellMenendezMerkleyMurkowskiMurphyMurrayOssoffPadillaPetersReedRosenRoundsSandersSchatzSchumerShaheenSinemaSmithStabenowTesterVan HollenWarnerWarnockWarrenWhitehouseWyden
NAYS–44
BarrassoBlackburnBluntBoozmanBraunBurrCapitoCassidyCornynCottonCramerCrapoCruzDainesErnstFischerHagertyHawleyHoevenHyde-SmithInhofeJohnsonKennedyLankfordLeeLummisMarshallMoranPaulPortmanRischRomneyRubioSasseScott (FL)Scott (SC)ShelbySullivanThuneTillisToomeyTubervilleWickerYoung
NOT VOTING–1
Feinstein
The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 55, the nays are 44.
The motion was agreed to.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 175
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