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Dick Durbin: I have a resolution at the desk, and I ask for its immediate consideration. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will…

On the recordJanuary 6, 2015
I have a resolution at the desk, and I ask for its immediate consideration. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A resolution (S. Res. 15) electing Gary B. Myrick, of Virginia, as Secretary for the Minority of the Senate. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, the resolution is considered and agreed to. The resolution (S. Res. 15) reads as follows: S. Res. 15 Resolved, That Gary B. Myrick of Virginia be, and he is hereby, elected Secretary for the Minority of the Senate.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Jan 6, 2015

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