Volume 159, No. 99 covering the 1st Session of the 113th Congress (2013 - 2014) was published by the Congressional Record.
The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.
“EXECUTIVE SESSION” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Senate section on pages S5653 on July 11, 2013.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
EXECUTIVE SESSION
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NOMINATION OF REGINA McCARTHY TO BE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY
Mr. REID. Madam President, I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 98.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion to proceed.
The motion was agreed to.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination.
The bill clerk read the nomination of Regina McCarthy, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Cloture Motion
Mr. REID. Madam 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 bill 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, hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of Regina McCarthy, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Harry Reid, Barbara Boxer, Benjamin L. Cardin,
Christopher A. Coons, Patrick J. Leahy, Tom Carper, Ron
Wyden, Patty Murray, Tom Udall, Martin Heinrich,
Bernard Sanders, Sheldon Whitehouse, Max Baucus,
Richard J. Durbin, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Jeff Merkley,
Brian Schatz.
Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum under rule XXII be waived.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
Without objection, it is so ordered.
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