congressional_record: CREC-2026-02-24-pt1-PgD211
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| CREC-2026-02-24-pt1-PgD211 | 2026-02-24 | 119 | 2 | Daily Digest/Highlights + Senate | SENATE | DAILYDIGEST | DDSCHAMBER | D211 | D212 | [{"congress": "119", "type": "SRES", "number": "612"}, {"congress": "119", "type": "S", "number": "1441"}, {"congress": "119", "type": "S", "number": "3023"}, {"congress": "119", "type": "S", "number": "3895"}, {"congress": "119", "type": "S", "number": "3907"}, {"congress": "119", "type": "HR", "number": "7147"}] | 172 Cong. Rec. D211 | Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 36 (Tuesday, February 24, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 36 (Tuesday, February 24, 2026)] [Daily Digest] [Pages D211-D212] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Tuesday, February 24, 2026 [[Page D211]] Daily Digest HIGHLIGHTS House and Senate met in Joint Session to receive a State of the Union Address from the President of the United States. Senate Chamber Action Routine Proceedings, pages S627-S655 Measures Introduced: Thirteen bills and one resolution were introduced, as follows: S. 3895-3907, and S. Res. 612. Pages S650-51 Measures Reported: S. 1441, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to award grants to nonprofit entities to assist such entities in carrying out programs to provide service dogs to eligible veterans, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 119-113) S. 3023, to limit liability for certain entities storing child sexual abuse material for law enforcement agencies, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Page S650 Measures Considered: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act: By 50 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 39), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate rejected the motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 7147, making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026. Page S641 Subsequently, Senator Thune entered a motion to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill. Page S641 Appointments: Board of Visitors of the U.S. Military Academy: The Chair, pursuant to the provisions of 10 U.S.C. 4355(a), as amended by Public Law 118- 159, on behalf of the Democratic Leader, appointed the following individual to serve as a member of the Board of Visitors of the U.S. Military Academy: Senator Peters (Appropriations). Page S654 United States Commission on Civil Rights: The Chair, on behalf of the President pro tempore and upon the recommendation of the Majority Leader, pursuant to the provisions of Public Law 98-183, as amended by Public Law 103-419, appointed the following individual to the United States Commission on Civil Rights, for a term of six years: Sarah Frankenstein vice Gail Heriot. Message from the President: Senate received the following message from the President of the United States: Transmitting the report on the State of the Union delivered to a Joint Session of Congress on February 24, 2026; which was ordered to lie on the table. (PM-52) Pages S645-49 McCormack Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the nomination of Ryan McCormack, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy. Page S641 A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur upon disposition of the nomination of John DeLeeuw, of Texas, to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board. Page S641 Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the following action: Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to consider the nomination. Page S641 DeLeeuw Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at approximately 10 a.m., on Wednesday, February 25, 2026, Senate resume consideration of the nomination of John DeLeeuw, of Texas, to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board, and notwithstanding Rule XXII, the motion to invoke cloture ripen at 11:45 a.m.; and if cloture is invoked, Senate vote on confirmation of the nomination at 2:15 p.m. Pages S654-55 [[Page D212]] Messages from the House: Page S649 Measures Referred: Pages S649-50 Measures Placed on the Calendar: Pages S635,-S650 Executive Communications: Page S650 Additional Cosponsors: Pages S651-52 Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: Pages S652-54 Additional Statements: Pages S643-45 Authorities for Committees to Meet: Page S654 Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--39) Page S641 Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 11:03 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, February 25, 2026. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S654- 55.) |