[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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