[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 2 (Thursday, January 9, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D27-D29]
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                                          Thursday, January 9, 1997

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate and House met in joint session to count electoral votes.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S109-S117
Measures Introduced: Six resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 
Res. 9-14.                                                    
  Page S112
Electoral Ballot Count: Senate met in Joint Session with the House of 
Representatives to count the electoral ballots of the several States 
cast in the election of the President and Vice President of the United 
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  Page S113
Measures Passed:
  Amending Senate Rules: Senate agreed to S. Res. 9, amending 
paragraphs 2 and 3 of rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate. 
                                                              Page S109
  Majority Party Committee Appointments: Senate agreed to S. Res. 10, 
making majority party appointments to certain Senate committees for the 
105th Congress.                                               
  Page S110
  Minority Party Committee Appointments: Senate agreed to S. Res. 11, 
making minority party appointments to Senate committees for the 105th 
Congress.                                                     
  Page S110
  Minority Party Committee Appointments: Senate agreed to S. Res. 12, 
making minority party appointments to Senate committees in paragraphs 
3(a), (b), and (c) of rule XXV.                               
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  Majority Party Committee Appointments: Senate agreed to S. Res. 13, 
making majority party appointments to the Senate Committee on the 
Judiciary for the 105th Congress.                         
  Pages S110-11
   Majority Party Committee Appointments: Senate agreed to S. Res. 14, 
making majority party appointments to Senate committees for the 105th 
Congress.                                                     
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Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Anthony Lake, of Massachusetts, to be Director of Central 
Intelligence.
  Genta Hawkins Holmes, of California, a Career Member of the Senior 
Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, as Ambassador to 
Australia.
  Anne W. Patterson, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
El Salvador.
  Arma Jane Karaer, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, 
and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as 
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
America to Solomon Islands, and as Ambassador Extraordinary and 
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of 
Vanuatu.
  Dennis K. Hays, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Suriname.
  John Francis Maisto, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador Extraordinary 
and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of 
Venezuela.
  Pete Peterson, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Socialist Republic 
of Vietnam.
  John Stern Wolf, of Maryland, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign 
Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, for the rank of Ambassador during 
his tenure of service as U.S. Coordinator for Asia Pacific Economic 
Cooperation (APEC).
  Richard W. Bogosian, of Maryland, a Career Member of the Senior 
Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, for the rank of 
Ambassador during his tenure of service as Special Coordinator for 
Rwanda/Burundi.
  Madeleine Korbel Albright, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
Representative of the United States of America to the 51st Session of 
the General Assembly of the United Nations.
  Edward William Gnehm, Jr., of Georgia, to be a Representative of the 
United States of America to the 51st Session of the General Assembly of 
the United Nations.
  Karl Frederick Inderfurth, of North Carolina, to be an Alternate 
Representative of the United States of America to the 51st Session of 
the General Assembly of the United Nations.

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  Victor Marrero, of New York, to be an Alternate Representative of the 
United States of America to the 51st Session of the General Assembly of 
the United Nations.
  Lowell Lee Junkins, of Iowa, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation.
  Keith R. Hall, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air 
Force.
  Susan R. Baron, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National 
Corporation for Housing Partnerships for the term expiring October 27, 
1997.
  Charles A. Gueli, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the National Institute of Building Sciences for a term 
expiring September 7, 1999.
  Niranjan S. Shah, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the National Institute of Building Sciences for a term 
expiring September 7, 1998.
  Yolanda Townsend Wheat, of Missouri, to be a Member of the National 
Credit Union Administration Board for the term of six years expiring 
August 2, 2001.
  Sheila Foster Anthony, of Arkansas, to be a Federal Trade 
Commissioner for the term of seven years from September 26, 1995.
  Triruvarur R. Lakshmanan, of New Hampshire, to be Director of the 
Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Department of Transportation, for 
the term of four years.
  Jerry M. Melillo, of Massachusetts, to be an Associate Director of 
the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
  Kerri-Ann Jones, of Maryland, to be an Associate Director of the 
Office of Science and Technology Policy.
  Heidi H. Schulman, of California, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term 
expiring January 31, 2002.
  Ronald Kent Burton, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National 
Environmental Policy Foundation for a term expiring October 6, 2002.
  D. Michael Rappoport, of Arizona, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National 
Environmental Policy Foundation for a term expiring October 6, 2002.
  Judith M. Espinosa, of New Mexico, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National 
Environmental Policy Foundation for a term of four years.
  Johnny H. Hayes, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 
2005.
  Brigadier General Robert Bernard Flowers, United States Army, to be a 
Member and President of the Mississippi River Commission, under the 
provisions of Section 2 of an Act of Congress, approved June 1879 (21 
Stat. 37) (33 U.S.C. 642).
  Kevin L. Thurm, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of Health and 
Human Services.
  David J. Barram, of California, to be Administrator of General 
Services.
  Denis J. Hauptly, of Minnesota, to be Chairman of the Special Panel 
on Appeals for a term of six years.
  Leo K. Goto, of Colorado, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of 
the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund for a term of two years.
  Don T. Nakanishi, of California, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund for a term of 
two years.
  Peggy A. Nagae, of Oregon, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund for a term of three years.
  Dale Minami, of California, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund for a term of three years.
  Yeiichi Kuwayama, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Board of Directors of the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund for a 
term of three years.
  Elsa H. Kudo, of Hawaii, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of 
the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund for a term of two years.
  Robert F. Drinan, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund for a term of 
three years.
  Susan Hayase, of California, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund for a term of three years.
  Michael A. Naranjo, of New Mexico, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture 
and Arts Development for a term expiring May 19, 2002.
  Jeanne Givens, of Idaho, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of 
the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts 
Development for a term expiring October 18, 2002.
  Barbara Blum, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Board of Trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native 
Culture and Arts Development for a term expiring May 19, 2002.
  Letitia Chambers, of Oklahoma, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Institute of American

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Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development for a term 
expiring May 19, 2000.
  Sophia H. Hall, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the State Justice Institute for a term expiring September 17, 1997.
  Sophia H. Hall, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the State Justice Institute for a term expiring September 17, 2002.
  Rose Ochi, of California, to be Director, Community Relations 
Service, for a term of four years.
  Daniel Guttman, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission for a term expiring 
April 27, 2001.
  Gerald N. Tirozzi, of Connecticut, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education.
  Hulett Hall Askew, of Georgia, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Legal Services Corporation for a term expiring July 
13, 1998.
  Ernestine P. Watlington, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Board 
of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation for a term expiring July 
13, 1999.
  Mary Lucille Jordan, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Federal Mine 
Safety and Health Review Commission for a term of six years expiring 
August 30, 2002.
  Nathan Leventhal, of New York, to be a Member of the National Council 
on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2002.
  Joseph Lane Kirkland, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of 
the Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace for a 
term expiring January 19, 2001.
  A. E. Dick Howard, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation for a term 
of six years.
  Jon Deveaux, of New York, to be a Member of the National Institute 
for Literacy Advisory Board for a term expiring October 12, 1998.
  Anthony R. Sarmiento, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National 
Institute for Literacy Advisory Board for a term expiring September 22, 
1998.
  Sarah McCracken Fox, of New York, to be a Member of the National 
Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring August 27, 
2000.
  Magdalena G. Jacobsen, of Oregon, to be a Member of the National 
Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1, 1999.
  Patricia M. McMahon, of New Hampshire, to be Deputy Director for 
Demand Reduction, Office of National Drug Control Policy.
  M. R. C. Greenwood, of California, to be a Member of the National 
Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 
2002.
  John A. Armstrong, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the National 
Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 
2002.
  Stanley Vincent Jaskolski, of Ohio, to be a Member of the National 
Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 
2002.
  Jane Lubchenco, of Oregon, to be a Member of the National Science 
Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2000.
  Richard A. Tapia, of Texas, to be a Member of the National Science 
Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2002.
  Mary K. Gaillard, of California, to be a Member of the National 
Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 
2002.
  Bob H. Suzuki, of California, to be a Member of the National Science 
Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2002.
  Eamon M. Kelly, of Louisiana, to be a Member of the National Science 
Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2002.
  Vera C. Rubin, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
National Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term 
expiring May 10, 2002.
  Routine lists in the Army.                              
Pages S115-17
Messages From the House:                                  
  Pages S111-12
Recess: Senate convened at 12:31 p.m. and, in accordance with S. Con. 
Res. 3, recessed at 1:24 p.m., until 12 noon, on Tuesday, January 21, 
1997. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in 
today's Record on page S115.)