I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 99. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion to proceed. The motion was agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination. The bill clerk read the nomination of Thomas Edward Perez, of Maryland, to be Secretary of Labor.
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