[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 96 (Thursday, July 1, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S8010]
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                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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NOMINATION OF LAWRENCE H. SUMMERS, OF MARYLAND, TO BE SECRETARY OF THE 
                                TREASURY

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate will now 
vote on the nomination of Lawrence H. Summers to be Secretary of the 
Treasury. There will be 2 minutes evenly divided on that nomination. 
Who yields time?
  Mr. MOYNIHAN. Mr. President, I yield myself 1 minute.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New York.
  Mr. MOYNIHAN. I thank the Chair.
  This is a fine moment for the Senate. We are here to confirm Mr. 
Lawrence Summers as Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. He 
has had a fine career in Government. He was on the staff of the Council 
of Economic Advisers under President Reagan. He was Under Secretary for 
International Affairs of the U.S. Treasury under Secretary Lloyd 
Bentsen, our former colleague. Since 1995, he has been Deputy Secretary 
of the U.S. Treasury. If my revered colleague and chairman were present 
at this moment, he would want to point out that his nomination was 
reported out from the Finance Committee unanimously.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Who yields time? Who holds the time on the 
majority side?
  If not, by unanimous consent, all time is yielded back. The question 
is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of Lawrence H. 
Summers, of Maryland, to be Secretary of the Treasury? On this question 
the yeas and nays have been ordered. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) is 
necessarily absent.
  The result was announced--yeas 97, nays 2, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 195 Ex.]

                                YEAS--97

     Abraham
     Akaka
     Ashcroft
     Baucus
     Bayh
     Bennett
     Biden
     Bingaman
     Bond
     Boxer
     Breaux
     Brownback
     Bryan
     Bunning
     Burns
     Byrd
     Campbell
     Chafee
     Cleland
     Cochran
     Collins
     Conrad
     Coverdell
     Craig
     Crapo
     Daschle
     DeWine
     Dodd
     Domenici
     Dorgan
     Durbin
     Edwards
     Enzi
     Feingold
     Feinstein
     Fitzgerald
     Frist
     Gorton
     Graham
     Gramm
     Grams
     Grassley
     Gregg
     Hagel
     Harkin
     Hatch
     Helms
     Hollings
     Hutchinson
     Hutchison
     Inhofe
     Jeffords
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Kerrey
     Kerry
     Kohl
     Kyl
     Landrieu
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Levin
     Lieberman
     Lincoln
     Lott
     Lugar
     Mack
     McCain
     McConnell
     Mikulski
     Moynihan
     Murkowski
     Murray
     Nickles
     Reed
     Reid
     Robb
     Roberts
     Rockefeller
     Roth
     Santorum
     Sarbanes
     Schumer
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Smith (OR)
     Snowe
     Specter
     Stevens
     Thomas
     Thompson
     Thurmond
     Torricelli
     Voinovich
     Warner
     Wellstone
     Wyden

                                NAYS--2

     Allard
     Smith (NH)
       

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Inouye
       
  The nomination was confirmed.
  Mr. MOYNIHAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
President be immediately notified of the Senate's action.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. MOYNIHAN. I thank the Chair. I yield the floor.

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