{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgD54", "2025-01-20", 119, 1, null, null, "Daily Digest/Highlights + Senate", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCHAMBER", "D54", "D56", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"5\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"6\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"152\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"153\"}]", "171 Cong. Rec. D54", "Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 11 (Monday, January 20, 2025)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 11 (Monday, January 20, 2025)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D54-D56]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n                                           Monday, January 20, 2025\n\n[[Page D54]]\n\n                              Daily Digest\n\nHIGHLIGHTS\n\n      The House and Senate met for the Inauguration of President Donald\n      J. Trump, and Vice President J.D. Vance.\n      Senate passed S. 5, Laken Riley Act, as amended.\n      Senate confirmed the nomination of Marco Rubio, of Florida, to be\n      Secretary of State.\n\n                                 Senate\n\nChamber Action\nRoutine Proceedings, pages S245-S259\nMeasures Introduced: Two bills were introduced, as follows: S. 152-153\n                                                              Page S252\nMeasures Passed:\n  Laken Riley Act: By 64 yeas to 35 nays (Vote No. 7), Senate passed S.\n5, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody\naliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, after\ntaking action on the following amendment proposed thereto:\n                                                         Pages S246-251\nAdopted:\n  By 75 yeas to 24 nays (Vote No. 6), Thune (for Ernst/Grassley)\nAmendment No. 8, to include crimes resulting in death or serious bodily\ninjury to the list of offenses that, if committed by an inadmissible\nalien, require mandatory detention.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S250\nMeasures Considered:\nBorn-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act--Cloture: Senate began\nconsideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 6, to\namend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a health care\npractitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the\ncase of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion.\n                                                              Page S258\n  A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed\nto consideration of the bill, and, in accordance with the provisions of\nRule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will\noccur on Wednesday, January 22, 2025.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S258\n  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further\nconsideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill at\napproximately 11 a.m., on Tuesday, January 21, 2025.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPage S258\nLetters of Resignation--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was\nreached providing that the letters from Senator Rubio regarding his\nresignation from the Senate be printed in the Record.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Page S258\nNomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:\n  By a unanimous vote of 99 yeas (Vote No. EX. 8), Marco Rubio, of\nFlorida, to be Secretary of State.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPages S251-252\nNominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:\n  Scott Bessent, of South Carolina, to be Secretary of the Treasury.\n  Keith Bass, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense.\n  Pamela Bondi, of Florida, to be Attorney General.\n  Jayanta Bhattacharya, of California, to be Director of the National\nInstitutes of Health.\n  Douglas Burgum, of North Dakota, to be Secretary of the Interior.\n  James Bishop, of North Carolina, to be Deputy Director of the Office\nof Management and Budget.\n  Lori Chavez-DeRemer, of Oregon, to be Secretary of Labor.\n  Frank Bisignano, of New Jersey, to be Commissioner of Social\nSecurity.\n  Douglas Collins, of Georgia, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs.\n  Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be Deputy Attorney General.\n  Sean Duffy, of Wisconsin, to be Secretary of Transportation.\n\n[[Page D55]]\n\n  Adam Boehler, of Tennessee, to be Special Presidential Envoy for\nHostage Affairs.\n  Peter Hegseth, of Tennessee, to be Secretary of Defense.\n  Samuel Brown, of Nevada, to be Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs\nfor Memorial Affairs.\n  Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., of California, to be Secretary of Health and\nHuman Services.\n  Walter Clayton, of New York, to be United States Attorney for the\nSouthern District of New York for the term of four years.\n  Howard Lutnick, of New York, to be Secretary of Commerce.\n  Elbridge Colby, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of\nDefense for Policy.\n  Linda McMahon, of Connecticut, to be Secretary of Education.\n  Monica Crowley, of New York, to be Chief of Protocol, and to have the\nrank of Ambassador during her tenure of service.\n  Kristi Noem, of South Dakota, to be Secretary of Homeland Security.\n  Harmeet Dhillon, of California, to be an Assistant Attorney General.\n  Brooke Rollins, of Texas, to be Secretary of Agriculture.\n  Daniel Driscoll, of North Carolina, to be Secretary of the Army.\n  Marco Rubio, of Florida, to be Secretary of State.\n  Michael Duffy, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Defense for\nAcquisition and Sustainment.\n  Eric Turner, of Texas, to be Secretary of Housing and Urban\nDevelopment.\n  Troy Edgar, of California, to be Deputy Secretary of Homeland\nSecurity.\n  Christopher Wright, of Colorado, to be Secretary of Energy.\n  Michael Faulkender, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of the\nTreasury.\n  Tulsi Gabbard, of Hawaii, to be Director of National Intelligence.\n  Stephen Feinberg, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of Defense.\n  Jamieson Greer, of Maryland, to be United States Trade\nRepresentative, with the rank of Ambassador.\n  David Fink, of New Hampshire, to be Administrator of the Federal\nRailroad Administration.\n  Kelly Loeffler, of Georgia, to be Administrator of the Small Business\nAdministration.\n  Paul Atkins, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Securities and\nExchange Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 5,\n2026.\n  John Ratcliffe, of Texas, to be Director of the Central Intelligence\nAgency.\n  Dario Gil, of New York, to be Under Secretary for Science, Department\nof Energy.\n  Elise Stefanik, of New York, to be the Representative of the United\nStates of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of\nAmbassador, and the Representative of the United States of America in\nthe Security Council of the United Nations.\n  Preston Griffith, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Energy.\n  Elise Stefanik, of New York, to be Representative of the United\nStates of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United\nNations during her tenure of service as Representative of the United\nStates of America to the United Nations.\n  Jacob Helberg, of Florida, to be an Under Secretary of State\n(Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment).\n  Russell Vought, of Virginia, to be Director of the Office of\nManagement and Budget.\n  Dudley Hoskins, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of\nAgriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs.\n  Lee Zeldin, of New York, to be Administrator of the Environmental\nProtection Agency.\n  Jared Isaacman, of Pennsylvania, to be Administrator of the National\nAeronautics and Space Administration.\n  Scott Kupor, of California, to be Director of the Office of Personnel\nManagement for a term of four years.\n  Christopher Landau, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of State.\n  Luke Lindberg, of South Dakota, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture\nfor Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs.\n  William Long, of Missouri, to be Commissioner of Internal Revenue for\nthe remainder of the term expiring November 12, 2027.\n  Martin Makary, of Virginia, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs,\nDepartment of Health and Human Services.\n  Mark Meador, of Virginia, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner for the\nterm of seven years from September 26, 2024.\n  Troy Meink, of Virginia, to be Secretary of the Air Force.\n  Emil Michael, of Florida, to be Under Secretary of Defense for\nResearch and Engineering.\n  Janette Nesheiwat, of New York, to be Medical Director in the Regular\nCorps of the Public Health Service, subject to qualifications therefor\nas provided by law and regulations, and to be Surgeon General of the\nPublic Health Service for a term of four years.\n  James O'Neill, of California, to be Deputy Secretary of Health and\nHuman Services.\n  Mehmet Oz, of Pennsylvania, to be Administrator of the Centers for\nMedicare and Medicaid Services.\n\n[[Page D56]]\n\n  Kashyap Patel, of Nevada, to be Director of the Federal Bureau of\nInvestigation for a term of ten years.\n  John Phelan, of Florida, to be Secretary of the Navy.\n  Aaron Reitz, of Texas, to be an Assistant Attorney General vice\nHampton Y. Dellinger.\n  Michael Rigas, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of State for\nManagement and Resources.\n  Dean Sauer, of Missouri, to be Solicitor General of the United\nStates.\n  Rodney Scott, of Oklahoma, to be Commissioner of U.S. Customs and\nBorder Protection, Department of Homeland Security.\n  Abigail Slater, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant\nAttorney General.\n  Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Deputy Secretary of Labor.\n  Stephen Vaden, of Tennessee, to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture.\n  David Weldon, of Florida, to be Director of the Centers for Disease\nControl and Prevention.\n  Brandon Williams, of New York, to be Under Secretary for Nuclear\nSecurity.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPages S258-259\nExecutive Reports of Committees:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Page S252\nAdditional Cosponsors:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Page S252\nAuthorities for Committees to Meet:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Page S252\nRecord Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--8)\n                                                       Pages S250, S252\nAdjournment: Senate convened at 4:30 p.m. and adjourned at 6:53 p.m.,\nuntil 11 a.m. on Tuesday, January 21, 2025. (For Senate's program, see\nthe remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S258.)"]], "columns": ["granule_id", "date", "congress", "session", "volume", "issue", "title", "chamber", "granule_class", "sub_granule_class", "page_start", "page_end", "speakers", "bills", "citation", "full_text"], "primary_keys": ["granule_id"], "primary_key_values": ["CREC-2025-01-20-pt1-PgD54"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8116929675452411, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}