September 8, 2025

Routine Proceedings, pages S6391-S6441 Measures Introduced

Six bills and three resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 2730-2735, and S. Res. 375-377.

Measures Reported

S. 606, to authorize the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to reimburse the Town of Chincoteague, Virginia, for costs directly associated with the removal and replacement of certain drinking water wells. (S. Rept. No. 119-61) S. 1081, to require the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to submit certain reports to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 119-62) S. 1440, to amend title II of the Public Health Service Act to include as an additional right or privilege of commissioned officers of the Public Health Service (and their beneficiaries) certain leave provided under title 10, United States Code to commissioned officers of the Army (or their beneficiaries) S. 2292, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise and extend the user fee program for over-the-counter monograph drugs, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. S. 2301, to reauthorize certain programs regarding rural health care. S. 2398, to reauthorize the Kay Hagan Tick Act, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.

Measures Passed

Miracle on Ice Congressional Gold Medal Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 452, to award 3 Congressional Gold Medals to the members of the 1980 U.S. Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team, in recognition of their extraordinary achievement at the 1980 Winter Olympics where, being comprised of amateur collegiate players, they defeated the dominant Soviet hockey team in the historic ``Miracle on Ice'', revitalizing American morale at the height of the Cold War, inspiring generations and transforming the sport of hockey in the United States, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:

Moran (for Cramer) Amendment No. 3828, in the nature of a substitute.

Honoring the Victims and Survivors of the Mass Shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church and School

Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 371, honoring the victims and survivors of the mass shooting at the Annunciation Catholic Church and School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the resolution was then agreed to, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:

Moran (for Klobuchar) Amendment No. 3827, to correct a capitalization error.

Nominations Sent Back to Committee: Agreement

In Executive Session, Chair sustained a point of order that the following nominations were not properly reported and will be returned to committee:

David Charles Waterman, of Iowa, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, Ronald A. Parsons, Jr., of South Dakota, to be United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota, David Metcalf, of Pennsylvania, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Bart McKay Davis, of Idaho, to be United States Attorney for the District of Idaho, Kurt Alme, of Montana, to be United States Attorney for the District of Montana, Nicholas Chase, of North Dakota, to be United States Attorney for the District of North Dakota, Lesley Murphy, of Nebraska, to be United States Attorney for the District of Nebraska, Daniel Rosen, of Florida, to be United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota, Erik Siebert, of Virginia, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Kurt Wall, of Louisiana, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana.

Lanahan, Law, and Dudek Nominations: Agreement

A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at approximately 10 a.m., on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, Senate resume consideration of the nomination of Maria A. Lanahan, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, post-cloture, and notwithstanding Rule XXII, at 11:45 a.m., Senate execute the order of Wednesday, September 3, 2025, with respect to the nomination of Maria A. Lanahan; that 2:15 p.m., if cloture has been invoked on the nomination of Robert Law, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans, Department of Homeland Security, Senate vote on confirmation of the nomination, followed by the vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Kyle Christopher Dudek, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida.

Nomination Confirmed

Senate confirmed the following nomination: By 50 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. EX. 504), Edward L. Artau, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida.

Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:

Record Votes

One record vote was taken today. (Total--504)

Adjournment

Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 7:14 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 9, 2025. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6441.)