[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 85 (Tuesday, June 11, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6026-S6028]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           ORDER OF PROCEDURE

  Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, let me indicate in advance, I want to get 
consent in a second to proceed to some nominations. There are 34. We 
are still trying to clear others. I still hope we can clear some of the 
judges. I ask my friends on both sides of the aisle to see if they 
cannot come together here in the next hour or two and free up many of 
the judicial nominations. But we are making progress. I think this is 
some indication of that. I thank my colleagues and Senator Daschle and 
his colleagues.

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                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that, in executive 
session, the Senate proceed en bloc to the following nominations on 
today's Executive Calendar: Nos. 490, 491, 492, 495, 496, 497, 540, 
541, 542, 549, 550, 551, 552, 553, 556, 557, 558, 559, 562, 564, 565, 
566, 567, 568, 569, 570, 571, 572, 578, 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, and 
all nominations placed on the Secretary's desk in the Coast Guard.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  Mr. DOLE. I further ask unanimous consent that the nominations be 
confirmed en bloc; that the motions to reconsider be laid upon the 
table; that any statements relating to the nominations be placed in the 
Record; that the President be immediately notified of the Senate's 
action; and further, that the Senate then return to legislative 
session.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  The nominations considered and confirmed, en bloc, are as follows:


                       legal services corporation

       LaVeeda Morgan Battle, of Alabama, to be a Member of the 
     Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation for a 
     term expiring July 18, 1998. (Reappointment)
       John N. Erlenborn, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Board 
     of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation for a term 
     expiring July 13, 1998.
       Edna Fairbanks-Williams, of Vermont, to be a Member of the 
     Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation for a 
     term expiring July 13, 1998. (Reappointment)


                 harry s truman scholarship foundation

       Norman I. Maldonado, of Puerto Rico, to be a Member of the 
     Board of Trustees of the Harry S Truman Scholarship 
     Foundation for a term expiring December 10, 1999.
       Luis D. Rovira, of Colorado, to be a Member of the Board of 
     Trustees of the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation for a 
     term expiring December 10, 2001.


   barry goldwater scholarship and excellence in education foundation

       Donna Dearman Smith, of Alabama, to be a Member of the 
     Board of Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and 
     Excellence in Education Foundation for a term expiring March 
     3, 1998.


             saint lawrence seaway development corporation

       William L. Wilson, of Minnesota, to be a Member of the 
     Advisory Board of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 
     Corporation.


                  communications satellite corporation

       Barry M. Goldwater, Sr., of Arizona, to be a Member of the 
     Board of Directors of the Communications Satellite 
     Corporation until the date of the annual meeting of the 
     Corporation in 1998. (Reappointment)
       Peter S. Knight, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
     Member of the Board of Directors of the Communications 
     Satellite Corporation until the date of the annual meeting of 
     the Corporation in 1999. (Reappointment)


        national commission on libraries and information science

       C.E. Abramson, of Montana, to be a Member of the National 
     Commission on Libraries and Information Science for a term 
     expiring July 19, 2000.


             corporation for national and community service

       Robert B. Rogers, of Missouri, to be a Member of the Board 
     of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community 
     Service for a term of three years. (New Position)


                 harry s truman scholarship foundation

       Elmer B. Staats, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
     Member of the Board of Trustees of the Harry S Truman 
     Scholarship Foundation for a term expiring December 10, 2001. 
     (Reappointment)


                     national museum services board

       David A. Ucko, of Missouri, to be a Member of the National 
     Museum Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 1999.
       Alberta Sebolt George, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of 
     the National Museum Services Board for a term expiring 
     December 6, 1998, vice Ruth K. Watanabe, term expired.


             national institute for literacy advisory board

       Audrey Tayse Haynes, of Kentucky, to be a Member of the 
     National Institute for Literacy Advisory Board for a term 
     expiring October 13, 1998.
       Mary Dodd Greene, of Texas, to be a Member of the National 
     Institute for Literacy Advisory Board for a term expiring 
     October 12, 1998.
       Mark Edwin Emblidge, of Virginia, to be a Member of the 
     National Institute for Literacy Advisory Board for a term 
     expiring September 22, 1998.
       Toni G. Fay, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the National 
     Institute for Literacy Advisory Board for a term expiring 
     October 12, 1998.
       Richard L. Morningstar, of Massachusetts, for the rank of 
     Ambassador during his tenure of service as Special Advisor to 
     the President and to the Secretary of State on Assistance to 
     the New Independent States (NIS) of the Former Soviet Union 
     and Coordinator of NIS Assistance.
       Dane Farnsworth Smith, Jr., of New Mexico, a Career Member 
     of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, 
     to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the 
     United States of America to the Republic of Senegal.
       George F. Ward, Jr., of Virginia, a Career Member of the 
     Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to the Republic of Namibia.
       Sharon P. Wilkinson, of New York, a Career Member of the 
     Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to Burkina Faso.
       Kenneth C. Brill, of California, a Career Member of the 
     Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to the Republic of Cyprus.
       Day Olin Mount, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior 
     Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to the Republic of Iceland.
       Charles O. Cecil, of California, a Career Member of the 
     Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to the Republic of Niger.
       David C. Halsted. of Vermont, a Career Member of the Senior 
     Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to the Republic of Chad.
       Prudence Bushnell, of Virginia, a Career Member of the 
     Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to the Republic of Kenya.
       Morris N. Hughes, Jr., of Nebraska, a Career Member of the 
     Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to the Republic of Burundi.


                         department of justice

       John R. Lacey, of Connecticut, to be a Member of the 
     Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States for 
     a term expiring September 30, 1998. (Reappointment)


                     nuclear regulatory commission

       Hubert T. Bell, Jr., of Alabama, to be Inspector General, 
     Nuclear Regulatory Commission.


                  national transportation safety board

       James E. Hall, of Tennessee, to be Chairman of the National 
     Transportation Safety Board for a term of 2 years. 
     (Reappointment)


                         department of defense

       Robert E. Anderson, of Minnesota, to be a Member of the 
     Board of Regents of the Uniformed Services University of the 
     Health Sciences for a term expiring June 20, 2001.
       Lonnie R. Bristow, of California, to be a Member of the 
     Board of Regents of the Uniformed Services University of the 
     Health Sciences for a term expiring June 20, 2001.
       Shirley Ledbetter Jones, of Arkansas, to be a Member of the 
     Board of Regents of the Uniformed Services University of the 
     Health Sciences for a term expiring May 1, 2001.


                           in the coast guard

       Coast Guard nominations beginning Vincent Wilczynski, and 
     ending James R. Dire, which nominations were received by the 
     Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of April 19, 
     1996.
       Coast Guard nomination of Andrew J. Sorenson, which was 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of May 22, 1996.


           statement on the nomination of audrey tayse haynes

  Mr. FORD. Mr. President, I rise today in support of the nomination of 
Audrey Tayse Haynes to the National Institute of Literacy Advisory 
Board. Audrey Tayse Haynes, a fellow Kentuckian, is a distinguished 
community and business leader. She currently serves as the executive 
director of Business and Professional Women U.S.A. and the National 
Federation of Business and Professional Women's Foundation.
  Audrey's credentials are outstanding and her background in education 
is exemplary. Aside from receiving her bachelors degree and her masters 
degree in social work from two of Kentucky's finest institutions of 
higher education, Spalding University and the University of Kentucky, 
Audrey served as the executive director of the Kentucky Literacy 
Commission from 1989 to 1993. In addition, she has served as a member 
of both the Kentucky State Board for Elementary and Secondary Education 
and the National Association of Literacy Directors. She has also 
received the honor of being a distinguished recipient of the Martha 
Wilkinson Education Award.

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  Audrey Tayse Haynes has made significant contributions to the 
Commonwealth of Kentucky through her tenure as director of human 
resource development for the Kentucky Department of Mental Health and 
Retardation, as director of prevention and training programs at 
training and development resources and as a chemical dependency 
counselor. The combination of Audrey's background in education and 
human services with her excellent leadership ability make her an ideal 
candidate for the National Institute of Literacy Advisory Board. I 
wholeheartedly support this nomination and urge my colleagues to vote 
to confirm this deserving nominee. I thank the Chair and I yield the 
floor.

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