[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 109 (Monday, July 20, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S7722]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              NOMINATIONS

  Executive nominations received by the Senate:


                  COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

       JILL SOMMERS, OF KANSAS, TO BE A COMMISSIONER OF THE 
     COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING 
     APRIL 13, 2014. (REAPPOINTMENT)


                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

       DANIEL R. ELLIOTT, III, OF OHIO, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE 
     SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD FOR A TERM EXPIRING DECEMBER 31, 
     2013, VICE W. DOUGLAS BUTTREY, TERM EXPIRED.


                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

       JOSE ANTONIO GARCIA, OF FLORIDA, TO BE DIRECTOR OF THE 
     OFFICE OF MINORITY ECONOMIC IMPACT, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, 
     VICE THERESA ALVILLAR-SPEAKE, RESIGNED.


                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

       JOHN R. FERNANDEZ, OF INDIANA, TO BE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF 
     COMMERCE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, VICE SANTANU K. BARUAH, 
     RESIGNED.


                   EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

       GARY S. GUZY, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, TO BE DEPUTY 
     DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. (NEW 
     POSITION)


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       LEE ANDREW FEINSTEIN, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE AMBASSADOR 
     EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF 
     AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND.
       ROBERT D. HORMATS, OF NEW YORK, TO BE AN UNDER SECRETARY OF 
     STATE (ECONOMIC, ENERGY, AND AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS), VICE 
     REUBEN JEFFERY III, RESIGNED.


           NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

       MARVIN KRISLOV, OF OHIO, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL 
     COUNCIL ON THE HUMANITIES FOR A TERM EXPIRING JANUARY 26, 
     2014, VICE CELESTE COLGAN, TERM EXPIRED.

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