[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 26 (Friday, March 3, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Page S1754]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
immediately proceed to executive session to consider the following 
nominations on today's Executive Calendar: Calendar Nos. 511 through 
516.
  I further ask unanimous consent that the nominations be confirmed en 
bloc, 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.
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I want to say a quick word about these 
nominees. What we just approved were six nominations to the Tennessee 
Valley Authority Board of Directors. Nine years ago, I started working 
on legislation to modernize and expand TVA's board of directors to 
bring it more in line with other corporations of similar size and scope 
and responsibility.
  Just over a year ago, Congress passed my bill and this group of 
nominees is the first to the newly reformed TVA board. They are an 
outstanding group. All have substantial business and management 
experience. All are leaders in their respective communities--just the 
kind of qualifications that we were looking for when we initially 
drafted our reform modernization legislation. I commend the President 
for nominating such a highly qualified group, and I look forward to 
working with them on the many challenges facing TVA in the 21st 
century.
  I thank my colleagues from both sides of the aisle for both 
furthering this legislation along and passing it and going through the 
nomination process in a very respectable way.
  These nominees--Dennis Bottorff, Robert Duncan, William Sansom, Susan 
Richardson Williams, Donald DePriest, and Howard Thrailkill--join two 
existing current board members, Bill Baxter and Skila Harris. I guess 
they are no longer nominees; they are on the TVA board.
  I thank the Democratic leader and others for making this possible to 
do today.
  The nominations considered and confirmed en bloc are as follows:


                       TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY

       Dennis Bottorff, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board 
     of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term 
     expiring May 18, 2011.
       Robert M. Duncan, of Kentucky, to be a Member of the Board 
     of Director of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term 
     expiring May 18, 2011.
       William B. Sansom, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the 
     Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a 
     term expiring May 18, 2009.
       Susan Richardson Williams, of Tennessee, to be a Member of 
     the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for 
     a term expiring May 18, 2007.
       Donald R. DePriest, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the 
     Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a 
     term expiring May 18, 2009.
       Howard A. Thrailkill, of Alabama, to be a Member of the 
     Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for the 
     term prescribed by law.




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