[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 13 (Thursday, January 22, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S792]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


              EXECUTIVE CALENDAR--NOMINATION'S DISCHARGED

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to Executive Session to consider Calendar Nos. 1, 2, 4 and 5, 
and that the Banking Committee be discharged of PN64-4, PN65-14; that 
the Commerce Committee be discharged of PN64-10; that the Senate 
proceed to their consideration, en bloc; that the nominations be 
confirmed, and the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, en 
bloc; that no further motions be in order, and any statements relating 
to the nominations be printed in the Record; that the President be 
immediately notified of the Senate's action and the Senate return to 
Legislative Session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations considered and confirmed en bloc are as follows:


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       Susan E. Rice, of the District of Columbia, to be the 
     Representative of the United States of America to the United 
     States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and 
     status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and 
     the Representative of the United States of America in the 
     Security Council of the United Nations.
       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.


                    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

       Lisa Perez Jackson, of New Jersey, to be Administrator of 
     the Environmental Protection Agency.


                   EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

       Nancy Helen Sutley, of California, to be a Member of the 
     Council on Environmental Quality.


                     housing and urban development

       Shaun L.S. Donovan, of New York, to be Secretary of Housing 
     and Urban Development.


                   securities and exchange commission

       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.


                      department of transportation

       Ray LaHood, of Illinois, to be Secretary of Transportation.