[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 85 (Thursday, June 25, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S7220]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. BURNS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
immediately proceed to executive session to consider the following 
nominations on the Executive Calendar: Calendar Nos. 264, 501, 646, 
650, and 651.
  I further ask unanimous consent that the nominations be confirmed, 
the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, the President be 
immediately notified of the Senate's action, and the Senate then return 
to legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations considered and confirmed are as follows:


                          department of energy

       Mary Anne Sullivan, of the District of Columbia, to be 
     General Counsel of the Department of Energy.


                       department of the interior

       Donald J. Barry, of Wisconsin, to be Assistant Secretary 
     for Fish and Wildlife.


                         reform board (amtrak)

       Michael S. Dukakis, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the 
     Reform Board (AMTRAK) for a term of five years. (New 
     Position)
       John Robert Smith, of Mississippi, to be a Member of the 
     Reform Board (AMTRAK) for a term of five years. (New 
     Position)
       Tommy G. Thompson, of Wisconsin, to be a Member of the 
     Reform Board (AMTRAK) for a term of five years. (New 
     Position)

  Mr. MURKOWSKI addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Alaska.
  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I wonder if my friend from Montana 
would simply allow me to announce, for those who have been anxiously 
awaiting the acceptance of Executive Calendar 264, that was the 
nomination of Mary Anne Sullivan to be the general counsel of the 
Department of Energy. I know that Secretary Pena has been very 
interested in that, as well as Mary Anne Sullivan. I am very pleased 
with this action today; and, further, Executive Calendar No. 501, the 
nomination of Mr. Donald J. Barry to be Assistant Secretary of 
Interior, Fish and Wildlife. I know that Secretary Babbitt, as well as 
Mr. Barry, has been anxious for this evening.
  I wanted to take this opportunity with the indulgence of the 
President to make that statement.
  I thank the Senator.

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