On the recordDecember 13, 2014
there is a cloture motion at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion. Cloture Motion We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of Christopher Smith, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Fossil Energy). Harry Reid, Mary Landrieu, Richard J. Durbin, Al Franken, Mark L. Pryor, Benjamin L. Cardin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Christopher Murphy, Tim Kaine, Charles E. Schumer, Michael F. Bennet, Ron Wyden, Patty Murray, Debbie Stabenow, Carl Levin, Barbara Boxer, Tom Udall.
