[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 18, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D4-D5]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                        Wednesday, January 18, 2006

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                              Daily Digest

HIGHLIGHTS

      Senator Robert Menendez of the State of New Jersey was 
      administered the oath of office.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3-S17
Measures Introduced: Three bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2177-2179, and S. Res. 348.
  Page S14
Measures Passed:
  Minority Committee Appointments: Senate agreed to S. Res. 348, making 
minority party appointments to certain Senate committees for the 109th 
Congress.
  Page S4
Swearing in of Senator Menendez: The Chair laid before the Senate the 
certificate of appointment of Senator-designate Robert Menendez of the 
State of New Jersey, and the oath of office was then administered as 
required by the U.S. Constitution and prescribed by law.
  Page S4
Committee Authority--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that committees be authorized to file legislative and 
executive reports from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., on Tuesday, January 24, 2006.
                                                             Pages S3-4
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Gale A. Buchanan, of Georgia, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture 
for Research, Education, and Economics.
  Preston M. Geren, of Texas, to be Under Secretary of the Army.
  James S. Simpson, of New York, to be Federal Transit Administrator.
  Robert M. Couch, of Alabama, to be President, Government National 
Mortgage Association.
  Roger Shane Karr, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Transportation.
  Tyler D. Duvall, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Transportation.
  David C. Sanborn, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Maritime 
Administration.
  Nicole R. Nason, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
  James B. Gulliford, of Missouri, to be Assistant Administrator for 
Toxic Substances of the Environmental Protection Agency.
  Richard A. Boucher, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of State 
for South Asian Affairs.
  Mark D. Wallace, of Florida, to be Representative of the United 
States of America to the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform, 
with the rank of Ambassador.
  Mark D. Wallace, of Florida, to be Alternate Representative of the 
United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the 
United Nations, during his tenure of service as Representative of the 
United States of America to the United Nations for U.N. Management and 
Reform.
  Jackie Wolcott Sanders, of Virginia, to be Alternate Representative 
of the United States of America for Special Political Affairs in the 
United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador.
  Jackie Wolcott Sanders, of Virginia, to be an Alternate 
Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the 
General Assembly of the United Nations during her tenure of service as 
Alternate Representative of the United States of America for Special 
Political Affairs in the United Nations.
  Patricia A. Butenis, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the People's 
Republic of Bangladesh.
  Donald T. Bliss, of Maryland, for the rank of Ambassador during his 
tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America on 
the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization.
  Ben S. Bernanke, of New Jersey, to be United States Alternate 
Governor of the International Monetary Fund for a term of five years.

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  John A. Simon, of Maryland, to be Executive Vice President of the 
Overseas Private Investment Corporation.
  David L. Norquist, of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, 
Department of Homeland Security.
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Nominations Withdrawn: Senate received notification of withdrawal of 
the following nomination:
  Eugene Hickok, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the National 
Council on the Humanities for the remainder of the term expiring 
January 26, 2008, which was sent to the Senate on October 17, 2005. 
                                                               Page S17
Messages From the House:
  Page S10
Enrolled Bills Presented:
  Pages S10-11
Executive Communications:
  Pages S11-14
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S14-15
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S15-16
Additional Statements:
  Pages S6-10
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 10:52 a.m., 
until 10 a.m., on Friday, January 20, 2006 for a pro forma session. 
(For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in 
today's Record on page S17.)