Volume 167, No. 130, covering the 1st Session of the 117th Congress (2021 – 2022), was published by the Congressional Record.
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“Cloture Motion (Executive Session)” mentioning Sheldon Whitehouse was published in the Senate section on page S5065 on July 26.
Of the 100 senators in 117th Congress, 24 percent were women, and 76 percent were men, according to the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Senators’ salaries are historically higher than the median US income.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Cloture Motion
Mr. SCHUMER. 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 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. 258, David M. Prouty, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring August 27, 2026.
Charles E. Schumer, Tammy Baldwin, Tim Kaine, Patty
Murray, Tina Smith, Jacky Rosen, Christopher Murphy,
Cory A. Booker, Mark R. Warner, Brian Schatz, Sherrod
Brown, Sheldon Whitehouse, Raphael Warnock, Michael F.
Bennet, Jeanne Shaheen, Patrick J. Leahy, Richard J.
Durbin.
Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum calls for the cloture motions filed today, July 26, be waived.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Mr. SCHUMER. I yield the floor.
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