[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 117 (Thursday, August 2, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Page S5976]
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. LEAHY for the Committee on the Judiciary.
       Thomas M. Durkin, of Illinois, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Northern District of Illinois.
       William H. Orrick, III, of the District of Columbia, to be 
     United States District Judge for the Northern District of 
     California.
       Jon S. Tigar, of California, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Northern District of California.
       By Mrs. MURRAY for the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
       *Thomas Skerik Sowers II, of Missouri, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Public and Intergovernmental 
     Affairs).

  *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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