S6558 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE September 20, 2012 

to meet during the session of the Senate, on September 20, 2012, at 10 a.m., 

in SD–226 of the Dirksen Senate Office 

Building, to conduct an executive business meeting. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask 

unanimous consent that the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations 

of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of 

the Senate on September 20, 2012, at 2 

p.m., to conduct a hearing entitled 

‘‘Offshore Profit Shifting and the U.S. 

Tax Code.’’ 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask 

unanimous consent that the Select 

Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the 

Senate on September 20, 2012, at 2:30 

p.m. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

SUBCOMMITTEE ON EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC

AFFAIRS

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask 

unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 

Senate on September 20, 2012, at 2 p.m., 

to hold a East Asian and Pacific Affairs 

subcommittee hearing entitled, ‘‘Maritime Territorial Disputes and Sovereignty Issues in Asia.’’ 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

SUBCOMMITTEE ON SECURITIES, INSURANCE, AND

INVESTMENT

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask 

unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment be 

authorized to meet during the session 

of the Senate on September 20, 2012, at 

10 a.m., to conduct a hearing entitled 

‘‘Computerized Trading: What Should 

the Rules of the Road Be?’’ 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

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MEASURE READ THE FIRST 

TIME—S. 3607 

Mr. MERKLEY. I understand there is 

a bill at the desk. I ask for its first 

reading. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The 

clerk will read the bill by title for the 

first time. 

The bill clerk read as follows: 

A bill (S. 3607) to approve the Keystone XL 

Pipeline. 

Mr. MERKLEY. I now ask for its second reading, and in order to place the 

bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule XIV, I object to my own 

request. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection having been heard, the bill will be 

read for a second time on the next legislative day. 

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APPOINTMENT 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The 

Chair, on behalf of the majority leader, 

pursuant to Public Law 107–12, reappoints the following individual as a 

member of the Public Safety Officer 

Medal of Valor Review Board: 

Trevor Whipple of Vermont. 

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ORDERS FOR FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 

21, 2012 

Mr. MERKLEY. Madam President, I 

ask unanimous consent that when the 

Senate completes its business today, it 

adjourn until 12 p.m. on Friday, September 21, 2012; that following the 

prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the 

morning hour be deemed expired, and 

the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day; 

that the majority leader be recognized 

and that the first hour be equally divided and controlled between the two 

leaders or their designees with the majority controlling the first half and Republicans controlling the final half. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

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PROGRAM 

Mr. MERKLEY. Unless we reach an 

agreement, the next rollcall vote will 

be after midnight tomorrow evening, 

but we hope we can work something 

out in order to complete our work. 

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ADJOURNMENT UNTIL 12 NOON 

TOMORROW 

Mr. MERKLEY. If there is no further 

business to come before the Senate, I 

ask unanimous consent it adjourn 

under the previous order. 

There being no objection, the Senate, 

at 8:21 p.m., adjourned until Friday, 

September 21, 2012, at 12 noon. 

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NOMINATIONS 

Executive nominations received by 

the Senate: 

THE JUDICIARY

KETANJI BROWN JACKSON, OF MARYLAND, TO BE 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE DISTRICT OF 

COLUMBIA, VICE HENRY HAROLD KENNEDY, RETIRED. 

NELSON STEPHEN ROMAN, OF NEW YORK, TO BE 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE SOUTHERN 

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, VICE RICHARD M. BERMAN, RETIRED. 

ROBERT D. OKUN, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, TO 

BE AN ASSOCIATE JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OF 

THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FOR THE TERM OF FIFTEEN 

YEARS, VICE LINDA KAY DAVIS, RETIRED. 


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