[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 177 (Friday, November 18, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7873-S7874]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations: 
Calendar Nos. 436, 445, 446, 447, 448, 449, 451, 452, 453, 454, 455, 
457, 466, 467, 468, 469, 470, 471, and 498; that the nominations be 
confirmed en bloc; that the motions to reconsider be considered made 
and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate; that no 
further motions be in order to any of the nominations; that any related 
statements be printed in the Record; that 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:


                     small business administration

       Winslow Lorenzo Sargeant, of Wisconsin, to be Chief Counsel 
     for Advocacy, Small Business Administration.

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                             the judiciary

       Catharine Friend Easterly, of the District of Columbia, to 
     be an Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of 
     Appeals for the term of fifteen years.
       Corinne Ann Beckwith, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
     Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals 
     for the term of fifteen years.


                    department of homeland security

       Ernest Mitchell, Jr., of California, to be Administrator of 
     the United States Fire Administration, Federal Emergency 
     Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.


               federal retirement thrift investment board

       Ronald David McCray, of Texas, to be a Member of the 
     Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board for a term 
     expiring September 25, 2012.
       Ronald David McCray, of Texas, to be a Member of the 
     Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board for a term 
     expiring September 25, 2016.


                      national science foundation

       Claude M. Steele, of New York, to be a Member of the 
     National Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a 
     term expiring May 10, 2014.
       Anneila I. Sargent, of California, to be a Member of the 
     National Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a 
     term expiring May 10, 2016.


               federal retirement thrift investment board

       Dana Katherine Bilyeu, of Nevada, to be a Member of the 
     Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board for a term 
     expiring October 11, 2015.


                   national consumer cooperative bank

       Cyrus Amir-Mokri, of New York, to be a Member of the Board 
     of Directors of the National Consumer Cooperative Bank for a 
     term of three years.


                      federal maritime commission

       Michael A. Khouri, of Kentucky, to be a Federal Maritime 
     Commissioner for a term expiring June 30, 2016.


                  national transportation safety board

       Robert L. Sumwalt III, of South Carolina, to be a Member of 
     the National Transportation Safety Board for a term expiring 
     December 31, 2016.


              department of housing and urban development

       David A. Montoya, of Texas, to be Inspector General, 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development.


                             the judiciary

       John Francis McCabe, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
     Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of 
     Columbia for the term of fifteen years.
       Peter Arno Krauthamer, of the District of Columbia, to be 
     an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of 
     Columbia for the term of fifteen years.
       Danya Ariel Dayson, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
     Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of 
     Columbia for the term of fifteen years.


  court services and offender supervision agency for the district of 
                                columbia

       Nancy Maria Ware, of the District of Columbia, to be 
     Director of the Court Services and Offender Supervision 
     Agency for the District of Columbia for a term of six years.


                         department of justice

       Michael A. Hughes, of the District of Columbia, to be 
     United States Marshal for the Superior Court of the District 
     of Columbia for the term of four years.


               federal retirement thrift investment board

       David Avren Jones, of Connecticut, to be a Member of the 
     Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board for a term 
     expiring October 11, 2014.

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