Volume 167, No. 101, covering the 1st Session of the 117th Congress (2021 – 2022), was published by the Congressional Record.
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“PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF BARBARA BARRETT AS A CITIZEN REGENT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION” mentioning Catherine Cortez Masto was published in the Senate section on page S4501 on June 10.
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.
Senators’ salaries are historically higher than the median US income.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF BARBARA BARRETT AS A CITIZEN REGENT OF
THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
Ms. CORTEZ MASTO. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Rules and Administration be discharged from further consideration of H.J. Res. 27 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the joint resolution by title.
The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
A joint resolution (H.J. Res. 27) providing for the appointment of Barbara Barrett as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
Ms. CORTEZ MASTO. I ask unanimous consent that the joint resolution be considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The joint resolution (H.J. Res. 27) was ordered to a third reading, was read the third time, and passed.
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