[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 52 (Thursday, March 29, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Page S2242]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

  The following executive reports of nominations were submitted:

       By Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, for the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       Christy L. Romero, of Virginia, to be Special Inspector 
     General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
       *Richard B. Berner, of Massachusetts, to be Director, 
     Office of Financial Research, Department of the Treasury, for 
     a term of six years.
       *Jeremy C. Stein, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the 
     Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for the 
     unexpired term of fourteen years from February 1, 2004.
       *Jerome H. Powell, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board 
     of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for the unexpired 
     term of fourteen years from February 1, 2000.
       *Jeremiah O'Hear Norton, of Virginia, to be a Member of the 
     Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance 
     Corporation for the remainder of the term expiring July 15, 
     2013.
       By Mr. LEAHY for the Committee on the Judiciary.
       Gregory K. Davis, of Mississippi, to be United States 
     Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi for the 
     term of four years.
       Richard Gary Taranto, of Maryland, to be United States 
     Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit.
       Gershwin A. Drain, of Michigan, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan.
       Robin S. Rosenbaum, of Florida, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Southern District of Florida.

  *Nomination was reported with recommendation that it be confirmed 
subject to the nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear 
and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
  (Nominations without an asterisk were reported with the 
recommendation that they be confirmed.)

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