[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 20, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D53-D54]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                          Tuesday, January 20, 2009

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House and Senate met for the Inauguration of President Barack 
      Hussein Obama and Vice President Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S661-71
Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached 
providing that at 12 noon, on Wednesday, January 21, 2009, Senate 
consider the nomination of Hillary Clinton, to be Secretary of State, 
and that there be 3 hours of debate, with the time equally divided and 
controlled between the two Leaders, or their designees, and that Senate 
then vote on confirmation of the nomination.
  Page S670
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Arne Duncan, of Illinois, to be Secretary of Education.
  Janet Ann Napolitano, of Arizona, to be Secretary of Homeland 
Security.
  Peter R. Orszag, of Massachusetts, to be Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget.
  Steven Chu, of California, to be Secretary of Energy.
  Thomas J. Vilsack, of Iowa, to be Secretary of Agriculture.
  Kenneth Lee Salazar, of Colorado, to be Secretary of the Interior.
  Eric K. Shinseki, of Hawaii, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 
                                                        Pages S663 S671
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Hillary Rodham Clinton, of New York, to be Secretary of State.
  Dennis Cutler Blair, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of National 
Intelligence.
  Steven Chu, of California, to be Secretary of Energy.
  Michele A. Flournoy, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of Defense 
for Policy.
  Thomas Andrew Daschle, of South Dakota, to be Secretary of Health and 
Human Services.
  Gary Gensler, of Maryland, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission for a term expiring April 13, 2012.
  Shaun L. S. Donovan, of New York, to be Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development.
  Gary Gensler, of Maryland, to be Chairman of the Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission.
  Arne Duncan, of Illinois, to be Secretary of Education.
  Austan Dean Goolsbee, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Council of 
Economic Advisers.
  Timothy F. Geithner, of New York, to be Secretary of the Treasury.
  Robert F. Hale, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Defense 
(Comptroller).
  Eric H. Holder, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be Attorney 
General.
  John P. Holdren, of Massachusetts, to be Director of the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy.
  Lisa Perez Jackson, of New Jersey, to be Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency.
  Jeh Charles Johnson, of New York, to be General Counsel of the 
Department of the Defense.
  Ronald Kirk, of Texas, to be United States Trade Representative, with 
the rank of Ambassador.
  Jacob J. Lew, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of State for 
Management and Resources.
  Ray LaHood, of Illinois, to be Secretary of Transportation.
  Jane Lubchenco, of Oregon, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Oceans and Atmosphere.
  Janet Ann Napolitano, of Arizona, to be Secretary of Homeland 
Security.
  William J. Lynn, III, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy 
Secretary of Defense.
  Peter R. Orszag, of Massachusetts, to be Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget.
  Robert L. Nabors II, of New Jersey, to be Deputy Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget.
  Susan E. Rice, of the District of Columbia, to be the Representative 
of the United States of America

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to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador, and the 
Representative of the United States of America in the Security Council 
of the United Nations.
  Cecilia Elena Rouse, of California, to be Member of the Council of 
Economic Advisers.
  Susan E. Rice, of the District of Columbia, to be Representative of 
the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of 
the United Nations during her tenure of service as Representative of 
the United States of America to the United Nations.
  Mary L. Schapiro, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Securities and Exchange Commission for a term expiring June 5, 2014.
  Christina Duckworth Romer, of California, to be a Member of the 
Council of Economic Advisers.
  James Braidy Steinberg, of Texas, to be Deputy Secretary of State.
  Kenneth Lee Salazar, of Colorado, to be Secretary of the Interior.
  Nancy Helen Sutley, of California, to be a Member of the Council on 
Environmental Quality.
  Eric K. Shinseki, of Hawaii, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
  Daniel K. Tarullo, of Massachusetts, to be Member of the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of fourteen years 
from February 1, 2008.
  Hilda L. Solis, of California, to be Secretary of Labor.
  Thomas J. Vilsack, of Iowa, to be Secretary of Agriculture. 
                                                              Page S671
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S670
Additional Statements:
  Pages S663-67
Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 3:58 p.m., 
until 12 p.m. on Wednesday, January 21, 2009. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S671.)