[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 122 (Thursday, August 6, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S9061]
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                              APPOINTMENTS

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair, on behalf of the President pro 
tempore, and upon the recommendation of the majority leader, pursuant 
to 22 U.S.C. 2761, as amended, appoints the following Senators as 
delegates of the British-American Interparliamentary Group conference 
during the 111th Congress: the Honorable Bernard Sanders of Vermont, 
and the Honorable Roland Burris of Illinois.
  The Chair, on behalf of the President pro tempore, and upon the 
recommendation of the Republican leader, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2761, as 
amended, appoints the following Senator as a delegate of the British-
American Interparliamentary Group conference during the 111th Congress: 
the Honorable Judd Gregg of New Hampshire.
  The Chair, on behalf of the majority leader, pursuant to Public Law 
101-549, appoints the following individual to the Board of Directors of 
the Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Research Center: Shawn 
Gerstenberger of Nevada.
  Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. BENNET. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Whitehouse). Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  The Senator from Colorado is recognized.
  Mr. BENNET. I thank the Chair.
  (The remarks of Mr. Bennet pertaining to the introduction of S. 1613 
are printed in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced Bills 
and Joint Resolutions.'')

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