Mr. Mcconnell mr. President. I ask consent that the quorum call b dispensed with. The esiding officer without objection. The Vice President without objection. The chair lays before the senate a certificate of election to fill the unexpired term by the death of senator mccain. It is in the form suggested by the senate. If there is no objection, the reading of the certificate will be waived and will be printed in full in the record. If the senatorelect will now present himself at the desk, the chair will administer the oath of office. The Vice President do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united stes against all enemies, foreigand domestic; and allegiance to the same; that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evion; and that you will well and faithfully dischargehe duties of the office on which you are about to enter, so help you god . Mr. Kelly i do. The Vice President congratulations. The presiding offi
vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 47, the nays are 30. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary. linda lopez of california to be united states district judge for the southern district of california. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. coons: mr. president, are we fla quorum call? the presiding officer: we are not. mr. coons: mr. president, i rise today to join with my colleague, the senator from alaska, in celebrating some good news. every now and then something really good happens here in the congress of the united states. many of us know the story of a.l.a., a particularly cruel and brutal disease, a disease that attacks the body but not the mind and whose victims, while they steadily lose their ability to control their muscles and their movement, suffer a sort of living death that until you have seen it up close, it is hard to appreciate j
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