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“DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Senate section on pages S14858-S14859 on Nov. 12, 2003.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
The legislative clerk read the nomination of Thomas C. Dorr, of Iowa, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development.
The legislative clerk read the nomination of Thomas C. Dorr, of Iowa, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation.
Cloture Motions
Mr. FRIST. This nomination was reported by the Agriculture Committee on June 18. We have been unable to reach a consent on its consideration. Therefore, I send two cloture motions to the desk and ask they be reported consecutively.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motions having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motions.
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 Executive Calendar No. 237, the nomination of Thomas Dorr to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development:
Bill Frist, Thad Cochran, Saxby Chambliss, Rick Santorum,
Norm Coleman, Craig Thomas, Jeff Sessions, Pat Roberts,
Kay Bailey Hutchison, George V. Voinovich, Charles
Grassley, Wayne Allard, Michael B. Enzi, Elizabeth
Dole, John E. Sununu, Sam Brownback, John Warner.
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 Executive Calendar No. 238, the nomination of Thomas C. Dorr, of Iowa, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation:
Bill Frist, Thad Cochran, Norm Coleman, Charles Grassley,
Wayne Allard, Jim Bunning, Conrad Burns, Mitch
McConnell, John Cornyn, Lamar Alexander, Larry Craig,
Richard G. Lugar, Peter Fitzgerald, George Allen, Don
Nickles, John Ensign, James M. Inhofe.
Mr. FRIST. I ask unanimous consent the mandatory quorum under rule XXII be waived.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
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