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“NOMINATION OF SHALANDA D. YOUNG” mentioning Gary C. Peters was published in the Senate section on page S1691 on March 23.
Of the 100 senators in 117th Congress, 24 percent were women, and 76 percent were men, according to the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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The publication is reproduced in full below:
NOMINATION OF SHALANDA D. YOUNG
Mr. GRASSLEY. Madam President, during committee review of Ms. Young's nomination to be the Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget, important questions were raised about whether she would uphold and enforce the restrictions of the Hyde amendment if confirmed. I found her initial response to a question put to her on the subject troubling as it suggested she may seek to use her position to undermine Hyde. However, after speaking with Ms. Young and pressing her on the issue, I am satisfied that she will follow the law as written by Congress without regard to her own personal views. She has assured me that she has no intention to revise rules or regulations concerning Hyde and understands it is not her place to change law. I therefore have decided to vote in favor of her nomination.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Michigan.
Mr. PETERS. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for 1 minute.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Mr. PETERS. Madam President, I rise in support of confirming Shalanda Young as the Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
The OMB urgently needs Senate-confirmed leaders, and Ms. Young is exceptionally qualified for this role. Her budget experience and extensive record of bipartisan results are what the OMB needs to guide our Nation through the current pandemic and through the current economic crisis.
During her 14 years as a senior staff member for the House Appropriations Committee, Ms. Young developed a deep understanding of the budget process and government operations, and she has been instrumental in negotiating bipartisan agreements on many critical issues.
She is a proven leader who is ready to get to work at the OMB, and I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting her confirmation.
I yield the floor.
Vote on Young Nomination
Mr. PETERS. Madam President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
There appears to be a sufficient second.
All postcloture time is expired.
The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Young nomination?
The yeas and nays are ordered.
The clerk will call the roll.
The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
The result was announced--yeas 63, nays 37, as follows:
YEAS--63
BaldwinBennetBlumenthalBluntBookerBrownBurrCantwellCardinCarperCaseyCassidyCollinsCoonsCortez MastoCramerDuckworthDurbinFeinsteinGillibrandGrahamGrassleyHassanHeinrichHickenlooperHironoHoevenHyde-SmithKaineKellyKennedyKingKlobucharLeahyLujanManchinMarkeyMenendezMerkleyMurkowskiMurphyMurrayOssoffPadillaPetersReedRosenSandersSchatzSchumerShaheenShelbySinemaSmithStabenowSullivanTesterVan HollenWarnerWarnockWarrenWhitehouseWyden
NAYS--37
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The nomination was confirmed
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