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On the recordMarch 30, 2022
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to print the following letter in the Congressional Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: U.S. Senate, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Washington, DC, March 30, 2022. To the Secretary of the Senate: PN 1597, the nomination of Kurt Thomas Rumsfeld, of Maryland, to be General Counsel of the Federal Labor Relations Authority for a term of five years, having been referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the Committee with a quorum present, has voted on the nomination as follows-- (1) On the question of reporting the nomination favorably with the recommendation that the nomination be confirmed 7 ayes to 7 noes; and In accordance with section 3, paragraph (1)(A) of S. Res. 27 of the 117th Congress, I hereby give notice that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs has not reported the nomination because of a tie vote and ask that this notice be printed in the Record pursuant to the resolution. ____________________
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Gary Peters
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