Wrap Up for Thursday, April 11, 2019

Roll Call Votes

1.       Confirmation of Executive Calendar #200 David Bernhardt, of Virginia, to be Secretary of the Interior; confirmed: 56-41.

Legislative Business

Began the Rule 14 process to place on the Legislative Calendar of Business:

H.R.1644: Save the Internet Act of 2019

H.R.1957: Taxpayer First Act of 2019

Agreed to S.Con.Res.14: use of Emancipation Hall re:King Kamehameha I.

Agreed to H.Con.Res.31: authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall ceremony as part of the commemoration of the days of remembrance of victims of the Holocaust.

Adopted S.Res.163: Baylor Women’s Basketball.

Adopted S.Res.164: Virginia Men’s Basketball.

Adopted S.Res.165: recognizing the importance of vaccinations and immunizations in the United States.

Adopted S.Res.166: Silver Star Service Banner Day.

Adopted S.Res.167: National Parks Week.

Adopted S.Res.168: Financial Literacy Month.

Adopted S.Res.85: Easterseals.

Adopted S.Res.131: National 9-1-1 Education Month.

Adopted S.Res.136: National Safe Digging Month.

Adopted to Calendar #56, S.Res.23: Countering International Parental Child Abduction Month.

Upon receipt of H.R.1222, if the text is the same as S.94, H.R.1222 will be passed.

Executive Business

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Executive Calendar #108 - Drew H. Wrigley, of North Dakota, to be United States Attorney for the District of North Dakota for the term of four years, vice Timothy Q. Purdon, term expired;

Executive Calendar #161 – Ramona L. Dohman, of Minnesota, to be United States Marshal for the District of Minnesota for the term of four years, vice Sharon Jeanette Lubinski, retired;

Executive Calendar #160 – Wing Chau, of Rhode Island, to be United States Marshal for the District of Rhode Island for the term of four years, vice Jamie A. Hainsworth, term expired;

Executive Calendar #206 - Nick Edward Proffitt, of Virginia, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Virginia for the term of four years.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Executive Calendar #182 - Daniel N. Rosenblum, of Maryland, a Career Member of the Senior Executive Service, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Executive Calendar #184 - Kip Tom, of Indiana, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as U.S. Representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture.

Executive Calendar #186 - Robert K. Scott, of Maryland, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of Malawi.