{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2025-03-10-pt1-PgD235", "2025-03-10", 119, 1, null, null, "Daily Digest/Highlights + Senate", "SENATE", "DAILYDIGEST", "DDSCHAMBER", "D235", "D237", null, "[{\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SCONRES\", \"number\": \"9\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SJRES\", \"number\": \"32\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SJRES\", \"number\": \"35\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"120\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"SRES\", \"number\": \"122\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"331\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"909\"}, {\"congress\": \"119\", \"type\": \"S\", \"number\": \"924\"}]", "171 Cong. Rec. D235", "Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 44 (Monday, March 10, 2025)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 44 (Monday, March 10, 2025)]\n[Daily Digest]\n[Pages D235-D237]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n                                             Monday, March 10, 2025\n\n[[Page D235]]\n\n                              Daily Digest\n\nHIGHLIGHTS\n\n      Senate confirmed the nomination of Lori Chavez-DeRemer, of\n      Oregon, to be Secretary of Labor.\n\n                                 Senate\n\nChamber Action\nRoutine Proceedings, pages S1619-S1640\nMeasures Introduced: Sixteen bills and eight resolutions were\nintroduced, as follows: S. 909-924, S.J. Res. 32-35, S. Res. 120-122,\nand S. Con. Res. 9.\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\n  Page S1630\nMeasures Considered:\nHalt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act: Senate began consideration\nof S. 331, to amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the\nscheduling of fentanyl-related substances, after agreeing to the motion\nto proceed, and taking action on the following amendment proposed\nthereto:\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\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Page S1623\nConfirm Pending:\n  Thune (for Grassley) Amendment No. 1237, of a perfecting nature.\n                                                             Page S1623\nMessage from the President: Senate received the following message from\nthe President of the United States:\n  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the continuation of the\nnational emergency that was originally declared in Executive Order\n12957 of March 15, 1995, with respect to Iran; which was referred to\nthe Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-15)\n                                                             Page S1629\nMiran Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the nomination\nof Stephen Miran, of New York, to be Chairman of the Council of\nEconomic Advisers.\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\n  Page S1623\n  A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and,\nin accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of\nthe Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of the\nnomination of Abigail Slater, of the District of Columbia, to be an\nAssistant Attorney General.\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\nPage S1623\n  Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the\nfollowing action:\n  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to\nconsider the nomination.\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\nPage S1623\nSonderling Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the\nnomination of Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Deputy Secretary of\nLabor.\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\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Pages S1623-25\n  A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and,\nin accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of\nthe Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of the\nnomination of Stephen Miran, of New York, to be Chairman of the Council\nof Economic Advisers.\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\nPage S1623\n  Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the\nfollowing action:\n  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Legislative Session.\n                                                             Page S1623\n  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to\nconsider the nomination.\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\nPage S1623\nBradbury and Slater Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent\nagreement was reached providing that at approximately 10:00 a.m., on\nTuesday, March 11, 2025, Senate resume consideration of the nomination\nof Steven Bradbury, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of\nTransportation; that at 11:45 a.m., Senate vote on the motion to invoke\ncloture on the nomination; that at 2:15 p.m., if cloture is invoked,\nSenate vote on confirmation of the nomination, followed by the vote on\nthe motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Abigail Slater, of\nthe District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General; and that\nif cloture is invoked on the nomination of Abigail Slater, that all\ntime be expired and Senate vote on confirmation of the nomination at\n5:15 p.m.\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\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Page S1639\nNomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:\n  By 67 yeas to 32 nays (Vote No. EX. 111), Lori Chavez-DeRemer, of\nOregon, to be Secretary of Labor.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPages S1619-23, S1640\n\n[[Page D236]]\n\nNominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:\n  Richard Anderson, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the\nAir Force.\n  Kenneth Jackson, of Texas, to be a Member of the Board of Directors\nof the Inter-American Foundation for a term expiring September 20,\n2028.\n  John Arrigo, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Portuguese Republic.\n  Laken Rapier, of Texas, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of\nthe African Development Foundation for a term expiring September 22,\n2027.\n  Thomas Barrack, of Colorado, to be Ambassador to the Republic of\nTurkey.\n  Russell Vought, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of Directors\nof the African Development Foundation for a term expiring September 27,\n2027.\n  John Bartrum, of Indiana, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans\nAffairs (Enterprise Integration).\n  Russell Vought, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of Directors\nof the Inter-American Foundation for a term expiring September 20,\n2030.\n  Brian Burch, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Holy See.\n  Leo Brent Bozell III, of Virginia, to be Chief Executive Officer of\nthe United States Agency for Global Media.\n  Jonathan Brightbill, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the\nDepartment of Energy.\n  Michael Cadenazzi, of Rhode Island, to be an Assistant Secretary of\nDefense.\n  Leah Campos, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Dominican Republic.\n  Hung Cao, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of the Navy.\n  Terrance Cole, of Virginia, to be Administrator of Drug Enforcement.\n  Paul Dabbar, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce.\n  Patrick David Davis, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney\nGeneral.\n  Janet Dhillon, of Virginia, to be Director of the Pension Benefit\nGuaranty Corporation for a term of five years.\n  Joseph Edlow, of Maryland, to be Director of United States\nCitizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security.\n  John Andrew Eisenberg, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney\nGeneral.\n  Somers Farkas, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of\nMalta.\n  Tilman Fertitta, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Italian Republic,\nand to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as\nAmbassador to the Republic of San Marino.\n  Robert Gleason, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of the Amtrak Board\nof Directors for a term of five years.\n  Andrew Hughes, of Texas, to be Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban\nDevelopment.\n  Catherine Jereza, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy\n(Electricity).\n  Jovan Jovanovic, of Pennsylvania, to be President of the Export-\nImport Bank of the United States for a term expiring January 20, 2029.\n  Brandon Judd, of Idaho, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Chile.\n  Ethan Klein, of New Jersey, to be an Associate Director of the Office\nof Science and Technology Policy.\n  Matthew Kozma, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Intelligence\nand Analysis, Department of Homeland Security.\n  Harry Kumar, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce.\n  Aaron Lukas, of Arkansas, to be Principal Deputy Director of National\nIntelligence.\n  Edward Martin, of the District of Columbia, to be United States\nAttorney for the District of Columbia for the term of four years.\n  Cheryl Mason, of North Carolina, to be an Assistant Secretary of\nVeterans Affairs (Office of Accountability and Whistleblower\nProtection).\n  Nicole McGraw, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of\nCroatia.\n  Sean McMaster, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Federal\nHighway Administration.\n  David Metcalf, of Pennsylvania, to be United States Attorney for the\nEastern District of Pennsylvania for the term of four years.\n  Joseph Nocella, of New York, to be United States Attorney for the\nEastern District of New York for the term of four years.\n  Sean O'Keefe, of Virginia, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of Defense.\n  Michael Obadal, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of the Army.\n  Seval Oz, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of\nTransportation.\n  James Percival, of Florida, to be General Counsel, Department of\nHomeland Security.\n  Sean Plankey, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of the Cybersecurity\nand Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of Homeland Security.\n  Andrew Puzder, of Tennessee, to be Representative of the United\nStates of America to the European Union, with the rank of Ambassador.\n  Jason Reding Quinones, of Florida, to be United States Attorney for\nthe Southern District of Florida for the term of four years.\n\n[[Page D237]]\n\n  Leandro Rizzuto, of Florida, to be Permanent Representative of the\nUnited States of America to the Organization of American States, with\nthe rank of Ambassador.\n  Gadyaces Serralta, of Florida, to be Director of the United States\nMarshals Service.\n  Brett Shumate, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General.\n  John Squires, of Florida, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for\nIntellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and\nTrademark Office.\n  George Wesley Street, of Virginia, to be Director of the National\nCounterintelligence and Security Center.\n  Eric Matthew Ueland, of Virginia, to be Deputy Director for\nManagement, Office of Management and Budget.\n  Andrew Veprek, of Louisiana, to be an Assistant Secretary of State\n(Population, Refugees, and Migration).\n  Timothy John Walsh, of Colorado, to be an Assistant Secretary of\nEnergy (Environmental Management).\n  David Woll, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of\nHousing and Urban Development.\n  Daniel Zimmerman, of North Carolina, to be an Assistant Secretary of\nDefense.\n  2 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\nPages S1639-40\nMessages from the House:\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 S1629\nMeasures Read the First Time:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Pages S1629, S1638-39\nEnrolled Bills Presented:\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 S1629\nExecutive Communications:\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 S1630\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\n  Pages S1630-32\nStatements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\n  Pages S1632-34\nAdditional Statements:\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 S1629\nAmendments Submitted:\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  Pages S1634-38\nPrivileges of the Floor:\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 S1638\nRecord Votes: One record vote was taken today. 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