[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 96 (Wednesday, June 26, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S7066]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, on the Executive Calendar, I ask unanimous 
consent the Senate immediately proceed to executive session to consider 
the following nominations on today's Executive Calendar en bloc: 
Calendar Nos. 633, 634, 635, and 636.
  I further ask unanimous consent that the nominations be confirmed en 
bloc; the motion to reconsider be laid upon table en bloc; and that any 
statements relating to the nominations appear at the appropriate place 
in the Record, and that the President be immediately notified of the 
Senate's action, and that the Senate then return to legislative 
session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations considered and confirmed en bloc are as follows:


                       department of the treasury

       Raymond W. Kelly, of New York, to be Under Secretary of the 
     Treasury for Enforcement.


                  u.s. international trade commission

       Marcia E. Miller, of Indiana, to be a Member of the U.S. 
     International Trade Commission for the term expiring December 
     16, 2003.


                         department of defense

       John W. Hechinger, Sr., of the District of Columbia, to be 
     a Member of the National Security Education Board for a term 
     of four years.


                          department of energy

       Vicky A. Bailey, of Indiana, to be a Member of the Federal 
     Energy Regulatory Commission for the term expiring June 30, 
     2001.


 nomination of raymond w. kelly to be under secretary of the treasury 
                            for enforcement

  Mr. MOYNIHAN. Mr. President, Raymond W. Kelly may be the most 
superbly qualified nominee ever nominated to head the enforcement 
operations of the Treasury Department. From 1992 to 1994, he served as 
Commissioner of the New York City Police Department, which with 38,000 
officers is the world's largest police force.
  Over the course of his 32-year career with the NYPD, he served in 
every rank in 25 different commands. In 1993, he was widely praised for 
his work in investigating the bombing of the World Trade Center in 
lower Manhattan.
  At a recent event in New York, no less a skeptic than Dan Rather 
called Ray ``the best New York City Police Commissioner since Teddy 
Roosevelt.''
  After leaving the NYPD, Commissioner Kelly served the United States 
as Director of the International Police Monitors of the Multinational 
Force in Haiti. He was charged with the difficult and delicate task of 
putting a stop to human rights abuses by the Haitian police. Upon 
leaving Haiti in 1995, Mr. Kelly was awarded a commendation by 
President Clinton for exceptionally meritorious service in Haiti. He 
was also awarded the Commander's Medal for Public Service by Gen. John 
Shalikashvili, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
  Earlier in life, Mr. Kelly served in the U.S. Marine Corps, including 
combat in Vietnam. He retired with the rank of colonel in the Marine 
Corps Reserve.
  He is also an attorney with law degrees from St. John's University 
and New York University. He earned his undergraduate degree from 
Manhattan College and his master of public administration degree from 
the Kennedy School at Harvard.
  I know Raymond Kelly as a very smart and very tough law enforcement 
officer. The Senate has acted wisely to confirm him. To Ray, to his 
wife Veronica, and to their sons James and Gregory, great good wishes 
and congratulations.


nomination of marcia e. miller to be commissioner, international trade 
                               commission

  Mr. MOYNIHAN. Mr. President, I rise in strong support of the 
nomination of Marcia E. Miller to become Commissioner of the 
International Trade Commission, a position for which she is manifestly 
well-qualified. I do so, Mr. President, without reservation, but with 
some regret: Ms. Miller has been an invaluable asset to the Finance 
Committee for nearly a decade.
  Ms. Miller started with the committee in January 1987. I take some 
credit for her long tenure: one of my first accomplishments when I 
became chairman of the Finance Committee in 1993 was persuading Ms. 
Miller to serve as our Chief Trade Counselor.
  And why? There was simply no better candidate. Ms. Miller has had a 
hand in drafting all of the major trade bills of the past decade, 
beginning with the comprehensive Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act 
of 1988.
  As Chief Trade Counselor, Marcia guided the Finance Committee 
expertly over difficult terrain: our sometimes contentious 
consideration of the North American Free-Trade Agreement implementing 
legislation, and our lengthy deliberations over the complex bill 
implementing the Uruguay round agreements and establishing the World 
Trade Organization.
  Over the past decade, she has grappled with the major trade issues 
before the Senate--issues such as trade with China, textile and apparel 
trade, and disputes with Japan. Significantly, I must add to this list 
the range of the trade laws administered by the International Trade 
Commission, which she will soon join--the antidumping and 
countervailing duty laws, safeguards actions against imports, as well 
as actions under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 protecting 
against imports of products that infringe intellectual property rights.
  Unquestionably, Ms. Miller will bring to the International Trade 
Commission great expertise in the trade laws. And more. She will bring 
as well a powerful command of details, and unique skill in forging 
consensus among persons with widely divergent views. The International 
Trade Commission will now be the beneficiary of these skills, just at 
the Finance Committee was for so many years.
  Ms. Miller will be an important asset to the Commission. She will 
bring to the job sound judgment and clear-headed analysis, and she 
will, I am certain, ensure that the Commission functions as the 
Congress intended--as an independent fact-finding and adjudicative body 
free from political pressures.
  Mr. President, I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting Ms. 
Miller's nomination, in thanking her for her years of service to the 
committee and the Senate and in congratulating her and her family in 
this richly deserved honor.

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