[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 80 (Monday, June 1, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D613]
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                                               Monday, June 1, 2009

[[Page D613]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5891-S5910
Measures Introduced: One bill was introduced, as follows: S. 1160. 
                                                             Page S5906
Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing that the order of Thursday, May 21, 
2009 with respect to resuming the motion to proceed to consideration of 
S. 146, to amend the Federal antitrust laws to provide expanded 
coverage and to eliminate exemptions from such laws that are contrary 
to the public interest with respect to railroads, be vitiated; provided 
further, that the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill, be withdrawn.                     
  Page S5908
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  Susan Flood Burk, of Virginia, to be Special Representative of the 
President, with the rank of Ambassador.               
Pages S5908 S5910
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Evan J. Segal, of Pennsylvania, to be Chief Financial Officer, 
Department of Agriculture.
  Deborah Matz, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National Credit 
Union Administration Board for a term expiring April 10, 2015.
  Ellen Gloninger Murray, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Health and Human Services.
  Patricia A. Butenis, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Democratic 
Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, and to serve concurrently and without 
additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Maldives.
  Christopher William Dell, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Kosovo.
  Charles H. Rivkin, of California, to be Ambassador to France, and to 
serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to 
Monaco.
  Thomas Alfred Shannon, Jr., of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Federative Republic of Brazil.
  Nicole Lurie, of Maryland, to be Medical Director in the Regular 
Corps of the Public Health Service, subject to qualifications therefor 
as provided by law and regulations, and to be Assistant Secretary for 
Preparedness and Response, Department of Health and Human Services.
  Sonia Sotomayor, of New York, to be an Associate Justice of the 
Supreme Court of the United States.
  Gordon S. Heddell, of the District of Columbia, to be Inspector 
General, Department of Defense.
  J. Michael Gilmore, of Virginia, to be Director of Operational Test 
and Evaluation, Department of Defense.
  Dennis M. McCarthy, of Ohio, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, and Navy.        
Pages S5909-10
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S5906
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S5906
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5906-08
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S5904-05
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S5908
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 5:59 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 2, 2009. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5909.)