[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 144 (Thursday, October 23, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S11165]
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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations on 
the Executive Calendar: No. 137, which is Kevin Thurm, to be Deputy 
Secretary of HHS; No. 286, Edward Shumaker, to be Ambassador to 
Trinidad and Tobago; No. 304, Ellen Seidman, to be Director of the 
Office of Thrift Supervision; and No. 277, Peter Scher, to be 
Ambassador as Special Trade Negotiator.
  I further ask unanimous consent that the nominations be confirmed; 
that the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table; 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.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations considered and confirmed are as follows:


                department of health and human services

       Kevin L. Thurm, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services.


                          department of state

       Peter L. Scher, of the District of Columbia, for the rank 
     of Ambassador during his tenure of service as Special Trade 
     Negotiator.


                          department of state

       Edward E. Schumaker, III, of New Hampshire, to be 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.


                       department of the treasury

       Ellen Seidman, of the District of Columbia, to be Director 
     of the Office of Thrift Supervision for a term of five years.

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