[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 182 (Monday, December 7, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S12645-S12646]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                         NOMINATIONS DISCHARGED

  Mr. BROWN. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate 
proceed to executive session and the Foreign Relations Committee be 
discharged en bloc from PN1001, PN1002, PN1003, PN1005, PN1016; and 
then the Senate

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proceed en bloc to the consideration of the nominations; that the 
nominations be confirmed en bloc; the motions to reconsider be 
considered made and 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; the President be immediately notified of the 
Senate's action and the Senate then resume legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations considered and confirmed en bloc are as follows:


                          department of state

       Bill Delahunt, of Massachusetts, to be a Representative of 
     the United States of America to the Sixty-fourth Session of 
     the General Assembly of the United Nations.
       Elaine Schuster, of Florida, to be a Representative of the 
     United States of America to the Sixty-fourth Session of the 
     General Assembly of the United Nations.
       Christopher H. Smith, of New Jersey, to be a Representative 
     of the United States of America to the Sixty-fourth Session 
     of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
       Wellington E. Webb, of Colorado, to be an Alternate 
     Representative of the United States of America to the Sixty-
     fourth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
       Laura Gore Ross, of New York, to be an Alternate 
     Representative of the United States of America to the Sixty-
     fourth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

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