[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 13 (Monday, January 28, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Page S369]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE

  Mr. REID. We are going to try to get approved very quickly--we are 
cleared on this side; we are waiting to have the Republicans clear 
Governor Shafer to be the Secretary of Agriculture. We would like to 
get that done in the next little bit. After we do this, it takes the 
White House a number of hours to get all the paperwork in order so that 
he can be sworn in. It would be really nice if we could get him to 
attend the State of the Union Address tonight. This would be extremely 
good.
  President Bush has nominated him. This will be the last State of the 
Union speech the President will give, and it would be good if he had a 
Secretary of Agriculture there during those proceedings. So as soon as 
it is cleared by the Republicans, we will clear Governor Shafer to be 
the Secretary of Agriculture.

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