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Cory Booker: “I would ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the following nomination: Calendar No. 265, Shalanda H. Baker…”

On the recordOctober 6, 2021
I would ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the following nomination: Calendar No. 265, Shalanda H. Baker, of Texas, to be Director of the Office of Minority Economic Impact, Department of Energy; that the nomination be confirmed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate, that no further motions be in order to the nomination, and that the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection? The Senator from Utah.
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Cory Booker
Democratic · New Jersey
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Oct 6, 2021

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