[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 123 (Friday, August 7, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D992-D994]
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                                             Friday, August 7, 2009

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9065-S9097
Measures Introduced: Three bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1646-1648, and S. Res. 251-252.               
  Page S9078
Measures Passed:
  National Polycystic Kidney Disease Awareness Week: Committee on the 
Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 241, 
designating the period beginning on September 13, 2009, and ending on 
September 19, 2009, as ``National Polycystic Kidney Disease Awareness 
Week'', and supporting the goals and ideals of a National Polycystic 
Kidney Disease Awareness Week to raise public awareness and 
understanding of polycystic kidney disease and the impact polycystic 
kidney disease has on patients and future generations of their 
families, and the resolution was then agreed to.         
  Pages S9090-91
  Government of Afghanistan Elections: Senate agreed to S. Res. 251, 
expressing the sense of the Senate that the Government of Afghanistan, 
with the support of the international community, should fulfill its 
obligations to ensure that women fully participate as candidates and 
voters in the August 20, 2009, presidential and provincial council 
elections in Afghanistan.                                    
  Page S9091
  Authorizing Photograph in Senate Chamber: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
252, authorizing the taking of a photograph in the Chamber in the 
United States Senate.                                        
  Page S9091
Appointments:
  Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance: The Chair, on 
behalf of the President pro tempore, pursuant to Public Law 99-498, as 
amended by Public Law 110-315, appointed the following individuals to 
the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance: Sharon Wurm of 
Nevada and John McNamara of Illinois.                        
  Page S9091
Authority for Committees--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that, notwithstanding the Senate's recess, committees 
be authorized to report legislative and executive matters on Wednesday, 
September 2, 2009, from 12 noon until 2 p.m.                 
  Page S9091
Authorizing Leadership To Make Appointments--Agreement: A unanimous-
consent agreement was reached providing that, notwithstanding the 
upcoming recess or adjournment of the Senate, the President of the 
Senate, the President Pro Tempore, and the Majority and Minority 
Leaders be authorized to make appointments to commissions, committees, 
boards, conferences, or interparliamentary conferences authorized by 
law, by concurrent action of the two Houses, or by order of the Senate.
                                                         Pages S9091-92
Sunstein Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
nomination of Cass R. Sunstein, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator 
of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget.                                       
  Page S9095
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and, 
in accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on Wednesday, September 9, 
2009.                                                    
Pages S9095-96
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the pro 
forma session on Monday, August 10, 2009 not count as the intervening 
day.                                                         
Page S9096
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Jo-Ellen Darcy, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Army.
  Jeffrey D. Feltman, of Ohio, to be an Assistant Secretary of State 
(Near Eastern Affairs).
  A. Thomas McLellan, of Pennsylvania, to be Deputy Director of 
National Drug Control Policy.
  Wilma A. Lewis, of the Virgin Islands, to be an Assistant Secretary 
of the Interior.
  Philip L. Verveer, of the District of Columbia, for the rank of 
Ambassador during his tenure of service as Deputy Assistant Secretary 
of State for International Communications and Information Policy in the 
Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs and U. S. Coordinator 
for International Communications and Information Policy.

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  Colin Scott Cole Fulton, of Maryland, to be an Assistant 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
  Alejandro N. Mayorkas, of California, to be Director of the United 
States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland 
Security.
  Cranston J. Mitchell, of Virginia, to be a Commissioner of the United 
States Parole Commission for a term of six years.
  Deborah Matz, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National Credit 
Union Administration Board for a term expiring April 10, 2015. (Prior 
to this action, Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs was 
discharged from further consideration.)
  Raymond M. Jefferson, of Hawaii, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor 
for Veterans' Employment and Training.
  Julia Akins Clark, of Maryland, to be General Counsel of the Federal 
Labor Relations Authority for a term of five years. (Prior to this 
action, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs was 
discharged from further consideration.)
  Ernest W. Dubester, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Labor 
Relations Authority for a term of five years expiring July 29, 2012. 
(Prior to this action, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs was discharged from further consideration.)
  Preet Bharara, of New York, to be United States Attorney for the 
Southern District of New York for the term of four years.
  Tristram J. Coffin, of Vermont, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of Vermont for the term of four years.
  B. Todd Jones, of Minnesota, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of Minnesota for the term of four years.
  John P. Kacavas, of New Hampshire, to be United States Attorney for 
the District of New Hampshire for the term of four years.
  Joyce White Vance, of Alabama, to be United States Attorney for the 
Northern District of Alabama for the term of four years.
  Carlos Pascual, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to 
Mexico.
  Robert S. Adler, of North Carolina, to be a Commissioner of the 
Consumer Product Safety Commission for a term of seven years from 
October 27, 2007.
  Maria Otero, of the District of Columbia, to be an Under Secretary of 
State (Democracy and Global Affairs).
  Robert V. Abbey, of Nevada, to be Director of the Bureau of Land 
Management.
  Michael Anthony Battle, Sr., of Georgia, to be Representative of the 
United States of America to the African Union, with the rank and status 
of Ambassador.
  Martha Larzelere Campbell, of Michigan, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of the Marshall Islands.
  Rocco Landesman, of New York, to be Chairperson of the National 
Endowment for the Arts for a term of four years.
  James J. Markowsky, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Energy (Fossil Energy).
  Warren F. Miller, Jr., of New Mexico, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Energy (Nuclear Energy).
  David J. Kappos, of New York, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and 
Trademark Office.
  Craig E. Hooks, of Kansas, to be an Assistant Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency.
  John R. Bass, of New York, to be Ambassador to Georgia.
  Ertharin Cousin, of Illinois, for the rank of Ambassador during her 
tenure of service as U.S. Representative to the United Nations Agencies 
for Food and Agriculture.
  James B. Foley, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Croatia.
  Kenneth E. Gross, Jr., of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Tajikistan.
  Teddy Bernard Taylor, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to Papua New 
Guinea, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation 
as Ambassador to the Solomon Islands and Ambassador to the Republic of 
Vanuatu.
  Joan M. Evans, of Oregon, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs (Congressional and Legislative Affairs). (Prior to this action, 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration.)
  John Victor Roos, of California, to be Ambassador to Japan.
  Christopher A. Hart, of Colorado, to be a Member of the National 
Transportation Safety Board for a term expiring December 31, 2012.
  Judith Gail Garber, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior 
Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Latvia.
  Kerri-Ann Jones, of Maine, to be Assistant Secretary of State for 
Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs.
  David Killion, of the District of Columbia, for the rank of 
Ambassador during his tenure of service as the United States Permanent 
Representative to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and 
Cultural Organization.
  James Knight, of Alabama, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Benin.

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  Karen Kornbluh, of New York, to be Representative of the United 
States of America to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and 
Development, with the rank of Ambassador.
  Bruce J. Oreck, of Colorado, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Finland.
  Patricia D. Cahill, of Missouri, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term 
expiring January 31, 2014.
  Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., of Utah, to be Ambassador to the People's 
Republic of China.
  Douglas W. Kmiec, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Malta.
  Jonathan S. Addleton, of Georgia, to be Ambassador to Mongolia.
  Susan L. Kurland, of Illinois, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Transportation.
  Matthew Winthrop Barzun, of Kentucky, to be Ambassador to Sweden.
  William Carlton Eacho III, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Austria.
  Christopher P. Bertram, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Transportation.
  Philip D. Murphy, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Federal 
Republic of Germany.
  Francis S. Collins, of Maryland, to be Director of the National 
Institutes of Health.
  James A. Leach, of Iowa, to be Chairperson of the National Endowment 
for the Humanities for a term of four years.
  Glyn T. Davies, of the District of Columbia, to be Representative of 
the United States of America to the Vienna Office of the United 
Nations, with the rank of Ambassador.
  Glyn T. Davies, of the District of Columbia, to be Representative of 
the United States of America to the International Atomic Energy Agency, 
with the rank of Ambassador.
  Aaron S. Williams, of Virginia, to be Director of the Peace Corps.
  Daniel R. Elliott III, of Ohio, to be a Member of the Surface 
Transportation Board for a term expiring December 31, 2013.
  Dennis F. Hightower, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy 
Secretary of Commerce.
  Alexander G. Garza, of Missouri, to be Assistant Secretary of 
Homeland Security and Chief Medical Officer, Department of Homeland 
Security. (Prior to this action, Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs was discharged from further consideration.)
  Kelvin James Cochran, of Louisiana, to be Administrator of the United 
States Fire Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
Department of Homeland Security. (Prior to this action, Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration.)
  David Edward Demag, of Vermont, to be United States Marshal for the 
District of Vermont for the term of four years.
  Anne M. Northup, of Kentucky, to be a Commissioner of the Consumer 
Product Safety Commission for a term of seven years from October 27, 
2004.
  A routine list in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration.                                
Pages S9092-95, S9096-97
Nomination Received: Senate received the following nomination:
  Barry B. White, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to Norway. 
                                                             Page S9096
Messages from the House:                                     
  Page S9078
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S9078
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
  Page S9078
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page S9079
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S9079-90
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S9077-78
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 12:16 p.m., 
until 1 p.m. on Monday, August 10, 2009. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S9096.)