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| CREC-2014-12-16-pt1-PgS6905 | 2014-12-16 | 113 | 2 | NOMINATION OF ESTEVAN R. LOPEZ TO BE COMMISSIONER OF RECLAMATION | SENATE | SENATE | SNOMINATIONS | S6905 | S6905 | [{"name": "Harry Reid", "role": "speaking"}, {"name": "Tom Coburn", "role": "speaking"}] | [{"congress": "113", "type": "S", "number": "2244"}, {"congress": "113", "type": "S", "number": "2244"}] | 160 Cong. Rec. S6905 | Congressional Record, Volume 160 Issue 155 (Tuesday, December 16, 2014) [Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 155 (Tuesday, December 16, 2014)] [Senate] [Page S6905] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] NOMINATION OF ESTEVAN R. LOPEZ TO BE COMMISSIONER OF RECLAMATION F_____ NOMINATION OF MARCUS DWAYNE JADOTTE TO BE AN ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF COMMERCE F_____ NOMINATION OF JONATHAN NICHOLAS STIVERS TO BE AN ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT F_____ NOMINATION OF JOHN CHARLES CRUDEN TO BE AN ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL F_____ NOMINATION OF CHRISTOPHER SMITH TO BE AN ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF ENERGY (FOSSIL ENERGY) The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate will now proceed to the following nominations, which the clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read the nominations of Estevan R. Lopez, of New Mexico, to be Commissioner of Reclamation; Marcus Dwayne Jadotte, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce; Jonathan Nicholas Stivers, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development; John Charles Cruden, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General; and Christopher Smith, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Fossil Energy). Vote on Lopez Nomination The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of Estevan R. Lopez, of New Mexico, to be Commissioner of Reclamation? The nomination was confirmed. Vote on Jadotte Nomination The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of Marcus Dwayne Jadotte, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce? The nomination was confirmed. Vote on Stivers Nomination The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of Jonathan Nicholas Stivers, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development? The nomination was confirmed. Vote on Cruden Nomination The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of John Charles Cruden, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General? The nomination was confirmed. Vote on Smith Nomination The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of Christopher Smith, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Fossil Energy)? The nomination was confirmed. Mr. REID. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Under the previous order, the motions to reconsider are considered made and laid upon the table and the President will be immediately notified of the Senate's action. Mr. REID. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. unanimous consent request--s. 2244 Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate resume legislative session and proceed to the consideration of the House message to accompany S. 2244, which is the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act; that the majority leader be recognized for the purpose of offering a motion to concur in the House amendment to S. 2244; that there be up to 10 minutes of debate equally divided between the two leaders or their designees prior to a vote on the motion to concur; that there be no motions to concur with an amendment or motions to refer in order prior to a vote on the motion to concur; finally, the vote on adoption of the motion to concur be subject to a 60- affirmative-vote threshold. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Mr. COBURN. Reserving the right to object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oklahoma. Mr. COBURN. Mr. President, I thank Senator Schumer for trying to work with me on this bill, and the members of the banking committee. They have known my objections all along on both NARAB and the options we offered. We offered this evening to the House three options under which they could enroll to come back to where the Senate had been in terms of a 2- year sunset provision. They disagreed with that. And the other options we offered--taking NARAB completely out of this bill--which doesn't have anything to do with the terrorism risk insurance bill, or to give States an opt-out so the States that don't want to be a part of the NARAB provision don't have to be a part of it, we have not been able to find agreement on that, despite the best efforts of a lot of people here this evening. I ask the majority leader if he would agree to amend his request to strike the NARAB provision from the bill. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Does the majority leader so modify his request? Mr. REID. Mr. President, reserving the right to object, my friend from Oklahoma seeks to amend the House-passed TRIA bill with an unrelated piece of legislation in the sense that he knows--we all know--would change the bill, it is gone, and that would be a modification to the bill. If the Senate were to amend TRIA, we would have to send it back to the House of Representatives. They are gone. They are not going to change anything in the bill. We have been told that many times. Amending the TRIA bill would be just another way to kill the TRIA bill. I say with respect to my friend from Oklahoma, whom I have worked with for 10 years, from the very beginning we have tried to work out something with him on this bill. We have been unable to do that. It is unfortunate, but his objection is going to kill TRIA. I am very sorry about that, but that is a fact. So I cannot accept his modification. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. Is there objection to the original request? Mr. COBURN. Reserving the right to object, to continue one portion of my statement, if I might. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oklahoma. Mr. COBURN. According to industry calculations, TRIA has made the industry $40 billion in the last 12 years. The American taxpayer takes all the risks, except for 35 percent, and the insurance industry makes the money. We had a compromise bill coming out of the banking committee. My objections were well known at that time. They were trying to be accommodated by Senator Schumer. With that, I must object to the bill. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. ____________________ |