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On the recordDecember 14, 2022
Madam President, in response to my colleague, might I modify my request because, certainly, someone should have the right to vote no if they want to vote no. So let me modify my request. I would ask unanimous consent that the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations be discharged and that the Senate proceed to the following nomination: PN1578, Geeta Rao Gupta, of Virginia, to be Ambassador at Large for Global Women's Issues; and that the Senate vote on the nomination at a time to be determined by the Senate leadership. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

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