[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 11 (Monday, January 29, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
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                                           Monday, January 29, 2001

[[Page D40]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate confirmed the nomination of Elaine L. Chao, to be 
      Secretary of Labor.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S591-S654
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 193-202, and S. Con. Res. 4.
  Page S636
Measures Reported:
  Special Report entitled ``Report of the Committee on Governmental 
Affairs--United States Senate and its Subcommittees for the One Hundred 
Fifth Congress''. (S. Rept. No. 107-1)
Page S636
Nomination Considered: Senate began consideration of the nomination of 
Gale Ann Norton, of Colorado, to be Secretary of the Interior. 
                                                          Pages S617-31
  Senate will continue consideration of the nomination on Tuesday, 
January 30, 2001.
Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing for consideration of John Ashcroft, of Missouri, to be 
Attorney General of the United States, on Tuesday, January 30, 2001.
Tributes to Alan Cranston--Modified: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that the tributes to Alan Cranston, late a Senator of 
California, be printed as a Senate Document; and that Senators have 
until Tuesday, February 20, 2001.
  Page S654
Appointments:
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki): The 
Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, pursuant to Public Law 94-304, 
as amended by Public Law 99-7, appointed Senator Campbell as Chairman 
of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki) 
during the 107th Congress.
  Page S654
  United States Holocaust Memorial Council: The Chair, on behalf of the 
President pro tempore, pursuant to Public Law 96-388, as amended by 
Public Law 97-84 and Public Law 106-292, appointed Senators Reid and 
Boxer to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council.
  Page S654
  Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Vice President, pursuant to the provisions of 20 U.S.C., sections 42 
and 43, reappointed Senator Frist as a member of the Board of Regents 
of the Smithsonian Institution.
  Page S654
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Elaine Lan Chao, of Kentucky, to be Secretary of Labor. 
                                                    Pages S612-14, S654
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Robert B. Zoellick, of Virginia, to be United States Trade 
Representative, with the rank of Ambassador.
  Elaine Lan Chao, of Kentucky, to be Secretary of Labor.
  John Ashcroft, of Missouri, to be Attorney General.
Page S654
Communications:
  Pages S632-36
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S636-53
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S653-54
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S654
Additional Statements:
  Page S632
Adjournment: Senate met at 12 noon, and adjourned at 4:41 p.m., until 
10 a.m., on Tuesday, January 30, 2001. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S654.)