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Jon Ossoff and Raphael G. Warnock were mentioned in CLOTURE MOTION on pages S6600-S6601 covering the 1st Session of the 117th Congress published on Sept. 22 in the Congressional Record.

The publication is reproduced in full below:

CLOTURE MOTION

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate the pending cloture motion, which the clerk will state.

The legislative 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, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of Executive Calendar No. 245, Jayme Ray White, of Washington, to be a Deputy United States Trade Representative

(Western Hemisphere, Europe, the Middle East, Labor, and Environment), with the rank of Ambassador.

Charles E. Schumer, Catherine Cortez Masto, Gary C.

Peters, Elizabeth Warren, Kirsten E. Gillibrand,

Sheldon Whitehouse, Jeff Merkley, Christopher A. Coons,

Patty Murray, Amy Klobuchar, Richard J. Durbin, Richard

Blumenthal, Martin Heinrich, Jon Ossoff, Brian Schatz,

Debbie Stabenow.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived.

The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate that debate on the nomination of Jayme Ray White, of Washington, to be a Deputy United States Trade Representative (Western Hemisphere, Europe, the Middle East, Labor, and Environment), with the rank of Ambassador, shall be brought to a close?

The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule.

The clerk will call the roll.

The bill clerk called the roll.

Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) is necessarily absent.

Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).

The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 78, nays 20, as follows:

YEAS--78

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NAYS--20

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NOT VOTING--2

FeinsteinRounds

The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Hickenlooper). The yeas are 78, the nays are 20.

The motion is agreed to.

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 164

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