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Tina Smith was mentioned in EXECUTIVE SESSION EXECUTIVE CALENDAR on page S1285 covering the 1st Session of the 118th Congress published on April 20 in the Congressional Record.

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EXECUTIVE SESSION

EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 64.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion.

The motion was agreed to.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination.

The senior assistant legislative clerk read the nomination of Joshua David Jacobs, of Washington, to be Under Secretary for Benefits of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Cloture Motion

Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, 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 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. 64, Joshua David Jacobs, of Washington, to be Under Secretary for Benefits of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Charles E. Schumer, Raphael G. Warnock, Ben Ray Lujan,

Tammy Duckworth, Jeff Merkley, Tim Kaine, Christopher

A. Coons, Debbie Stabenow, Jon Tester, Sheldon

Whitehouse, Tina Smith, Tammy Baldwin, Catherine Cortez

Masto, Angus S. King, Jr., Mazie K. Hirono, John W.

Hickenlooper, Margaret Wood Hassan.

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 169, No. 66

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