[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 154 (Monday, December 15, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Page S6823]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


      NOMINATION OF ANTONY BLINKEN TO BE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE

  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under the previous order, the 
Senate will proceed to executive session to consider the following 
nominations, which the clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read the nominations of Vivek Hallegere Murthy, 
of Massachusetts, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the 
Public Health Service, subject to qualifications therefor as provided 
by law and regulations, and to be Surgeon General of the Public Health 
Service; Daniel J. Santos, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Defense 
Nuclear Facilities Safety Board; Frank A. Rose, of Massachusetts, to be 
an Assistant Secretary of State (Verification and Compliance); Sarah R. 
Saldana, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security; 
and Antony Blinken, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of State.
  Mr. REID. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.