[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 121 (Wednesday, July 29, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6134-S6136]
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. CORKER for the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       * Sheila Gwaltney, of California, a Career Member of the 
     Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to the Kyrgyz Republic.
       Nominee: Sheila Gwaltney.
       Post: Kyrgyz Republic.
       (The following is a list of all members of my immediate 
     family and their spouses. I have asked each of these persons 
     to inform me of the pertinent contributions made by them. To 
     the best of my knowledge, the information contained in this 
     report is complete and accurate.)
       Contributions, amount, date, and donee:
       1. Self: 0.
       2. Spouse: N/A.
       3. Children and Spouses: N/A.
       4. Parents: Helen Gwaltney Rose--deceased 2002; Ralph Carl 
     Gwaltney, Sr.--deceased 1971.
       5. Grandparents: Ollie Tice Casey--deceased 1978 (est); 
     Homer Tice--deceased in 1940s (est); William Gwaltney--
     deceased in 1960s (est); Father's mother--deceased in 1930s 
     (est).
       6. Brothers and Spouses: George Michael Gwaltney--Deceased 
     in 1997; Ralph Carl Gwaltney, Jr., 0; Marjorie Gwaltney, 0; 
     Dan Gwaltney, 0; Joann Gwaltney, 0; David Gwaltney, 0; Sue 
     Gwaltney, 0; Steven Gwaltney, 0; Deborah Gwaltney, 0.
       7. Sisters and Spouses: NA.
                                  ____

       *Perry L. Holloway, of South Carolina, a Career Member of 
     the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to 
     be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to the Co-operative Republic of Guyana.
       Nominee: Perry Lee Holloway.
       Post: Georgetown, Guyana.
       (The following is a list of all members of my immediate 
     family and their spouses. I have asked each of these persons 
     to inform me of the pertinent contributions made by them. To 
     the best of my knowledge, the information contained in this 
     report is complete and accurate.)
       Contributions, amount, date, and donee:
       1. Self: None.
       2. Spouse: None.
       3. Children and Spouses: None.
       4. Parents: None.
       5. Grandparents: None.
       6. Brothers and Spouses: None.
       7. Sisters and Spouses: None.
                                  ____

       * Kathleen Ann Doherty, of New York, a Career Member of the 
     Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to the Republic of Cyprus.
       Nominee: Kathleen Ann Doherty.
       Post: Cyprus.
       (The following is a list of all members of my immediate 
     family and their spouses. I have asked each of these persons 
     to inform me of the pertinent contributions made by them. To 
     the best of my knowledge, the information contained in this 
     report is complete and accurate.)
       Contributions: amount, date, and donee:
       1. Self: None.
       2. Spouse: Not applicable.
       3. Children and Spouses: Not Applicable.
       4. Parents: Marilyn Doherty: None. John Doherty: Deceased 
     (2007).
       5. Grandparents: Thomas Doherty (1944) Deceased; Edward 
     Grimm (1956) Deceased; Eliza Jane Doherty (1990) Deceased; 
     Helen Rita Grimm (1986) Deceased.
       6. Brothers and Spouses: Robert Doherty and spouse 
     Elizabeth Doherty; Friends of Jim Meffert: $99 10/2010; ACP 
     Services PAC: Cumulative Total $1000, 2/2011, 3/2012, 4/2013, 
     3/2014, Hope for Congress: Total $250, 2/2014, Spouse 
     (Elizabeth Doherty): Obama Victory Fund: Cumulative Total 
     Amount, $366, February, July, and September 2012.
       7. Sisters and Spouses: Erin Doherty Rose and spouse Peter 
     Rose: None; Patricia Doherty and spouse Robert Garber: Alan 
     Grayson, Congressional Re-Election Campaign, $15.00, 9/2010; 
     Bill Pascrell, Congressional Re-Election Campaign, $25.00, 9/
     2010; MoveOn.org, $5.00 9/2010; Alan Grayson, Congressional 
     Re-Election Campaign, $15.00, 9/2012; Elizabeth Warren, 
     Senatorial Election Campaign, $50.00, 9/2011; John Arvanites, 
     Congressional Campaign, $50.00, 8/2012; Act Blue DSCC, 
     $15.00, 2/2012; MoveOn.org, $5.00, 9/2012; Act Blue DCCC, 
     $50.00, 9/20/13; Corey Booker, NJ Senatorial Election 
     Campaign, $25.00, 8/2013; Barbara Buono, NJ Governor Election 
     Campaign, $50,00, 8/2013.
                                  ____

       *Hans G. Klemm, of Michigan, a Career Member of the Senior 
     Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to Romania.
       Nominee: Hans G. Klemm.
       Post: Romania.
       (The following is a list of all members of my immediate 
     family and their spouses. I have asked each of these persons 
     to inform me of the pertinent contributions made by them. To 
     the best of my knowledge, the information contained in this 
     report is complete and accurate.)
       Contributions, amount, date, and donee:
       1. Self: None.
       2. Spouse: Mari Kano Klemm: None.
       3. Children and Spouses: N/A.
       4. Parents: Hans J. Klemm--deceased; Ingeborg K. S. Klemm--
     deceased.
       5. Grandparents: Grandfather: Emil Klemm--deceased; 
     Grandmother: Martha Klemm--deceased; Grandfather: Georg 
     Schievelbein--deceased; Grandmother: Charlotte Schievelbein--
     deceased.
       6. Brothers and Spouses: Steven Klemm, none; Eileen Klemm 
     (spouse), none.
       7. Sisters and Spouses: Lori Klemm, none; Sally Klemm, 
     none.
                                  ____

       * James Desmond Melville, Jr., of New Jersey, a Career 
     Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-
     Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 
     of the United States of America to the Republic of Estonia.
       Nominee: James Desmond Melville. Jr.
       Post: Tallinn, Republic of Estonia.
       (The following is a list of all members of my immediate 
     family and their spouses. I have asked each of these persons 
     to inform me of the pertinent contributions made by them. To 
     the best of my knowledge, the information contained in this 
     report is complete and accurate.)
       Contributions, amount, date, and donee:
       1. Self: None.
       2. Spouse: None.
       3. Children and Spouses: None.

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       4. Parents: None.
       5. Grandparents: None.
       6. Brothers and Spouses: None.
       7. Sisters and Spouses: None.
                                  ____

       * Peter F. Mulrean, of Massachusetts, a Career Member of 
     the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to the Republic of Haiti.
       Nominee: Peter Francis Mulrean.
       Post: Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
       (The following is a list of all members of my immediate 
     family and their spouses. I have asked each of these persons 
     to inform me of the pertinent contributions made by them. To 
     the best of my knowledge, the information contained in this 
     report is complete and accurate.)
       Contributions, amount, date, and donee:
       1. Self: $250, 09/02/2012, Barack Obama.
       2. Spouse: Corinne Beque: None.
       3. Children and Spouses: Chloe Mulrean: None; Celine 
     Mulrean: None.
       4. Parents: Francis H. Mulrean--deceased, none; Ann S. 
     Mulrean, None.
       5. Grandparents: Francis X. Mulrean--deceased, None; 
     Catherine Mulrean--deceased, None; William Mahoney--deceased, 
     None; Margaret Mahoney--deceased, None.
       6. Sisters and Spouses: Linda M. Mulrean, None; John G. 
     Rowe, None; Diane J. Mulrean, None; Mary C. Mulrean, None; 
     Robert P. Wiemann--None.
                                  ____

       *Laura Farnsworth Dogu, of Texas, a Career Member of the 
     Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to the Republic of Nicaragua.
       Nominee: Laura Farnsworth Dogu.
       Post: Mexico City.
       (The following is a list of all members of my immediate 
     family and their spouses. I have asked each of these persons 
     to inform me of the pertinent contributions made by them. To 
     the best of my knowledge, the information contained in this 
     report is complete and accurate.)
       Contributions, amount, date, and donee:
       1. Self: None.
       2. Spouse: None.
       3. Children and Spouses: Derin Berk Dogu (son), none; Adem 
     Akin Dogu (son) none.
       4. Parents: Patricia F. Farnsworth, none; David Lee 
     Farnsworth (deceased).
       5. Grandparents: Agnes Fanning (deceased), Wallace Fanning 
     (deceased).
       6. Brothers and Spouses: Andrew Farnsworth (brother), none; 
     Jennifer Farnsworth (spouse), none.
       7. Sisters and Spouses: Katherine Farnsworth (sister), 
     none.
                                  ____

       * Samuel D. Heins, of Minnesota, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to the Kingdom of Norway.
       Nominee: Samuel D. Heins.
       Post: U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway.
       Nominated: May 14, 2015.
       (The following is a list of all members of my immediate 
     family and their spouses. I have asked each of these persons 
     to inform me of the pertinent contributions made by them. To 
     the best of my knowledge, the information contained in this 
     report is complete and accurate.)
       Contributions, Amount, Date, Donee:
       1. Samuel D. Heins Please see continuation pages.
       2. Stacey Mills Heins Please see continuation pages.
       3. Children and Spouses: Madeleine Sarah lsraelson (Heins): 
     None; Brody Israelson: None; Nora Sarah Murray (Heins): None; 
     Scott Murray: Please see continuation pages.
       4. Parents: Maurice Heins: Please see continuation pages; 
     Hadassa Wagman Heins: Please see continuation pages.
       5. Grandparents: Alec Wagman: Deceased; Libby Wagman: 
     Deceased; Samuel Heins: Deceased; Rose Heins: Deceased.
       6. Brothers and Spouses: None.
       7. Sisters and Spouses: Sulamith Heins Potter: None; Jack 
     Potter: None.
       Samuel D. Heins, 2,500, 10/19/2011, Barnes for Congress; 
     200, 12/13/2011, Chris Coleman for Congress; 30,800, 8/5/2011 
     (refunded on 8/12/2011), Democratic Senatorial Campaign 
     Committee; 10,000, 8/12/2011, Franken MVPS; 2,500, 9/30/2011, 
     Friends of Maria; 800, 2/2/2011, Klobuchar for Minnesota 
     2012; 1,000, 7/28/2011, McCollum for Congress; 2,500, 5/3/
     2011, Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party; 35,800, 8/17/
     2011 ($5,000 refund on 8/17/2011; $30,800 refunded from 
     portion of contribution allocable to the Democratic 
     Senatorial Campaign Committee on 3/29/2013), Minnesota Senate 
     2012; 10,000, 5/11/2011, Minnesota Senate Victory Committee 
     2012; 2,500, 9/13/2011, Montanans For Tester; 2,500, 9/13/
     2011, Montanans For Tester; 2,500, 4/4/2011, Obama For 
     America; 2,500, 4/4/2011, Obama For America; 30,800, 10/11/
     2011, Obama Victory Fund 2012; 9,200, 12/16/2011, Swing State 
     Victory Fund; 250, 3/31/2011, Tim Walz for US Congress; 
     2,250, 5/11/2011, Tim Walz for US Congress; 2,500, 5/12/2011, 
     Tim Walz for US Congress; 5,000, 9/14/2011, Treasure State 
     PAC; 2,500, 6/17/2011, Whitehouse for Senate; 35,800, 3/27/
     2012, Committee for Charlotte, NC; 10,000, 9/19/2012, Iowa 
     Democratic Party (transferred to nonfederal account); 5,000, 
     3/2/2012, Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party; 2,000, 9/
     19/2012, Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party; 500, 11/29/
     2012, Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party; 500, 6/5/2013, 
     Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party; 1,000, 3/4/2013, 
     Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party; 5,000, 1/24/2013, 
     Midwest Values PAC; 2,500, 4/3/2013, Follow the North Star 
     Fund; 32,400, 2/28/2013, Democratic Senatorial Campaign 
     Committee; 5,200, 5/19/2014, Alison Lundergan Grimes for US 
     Senate; 5,000, 7/15/2014, Democratic Congressional Campaign 
     Committee; 15,000, 2/20/2014, Democratic National Committee; 
     10,000, 8/07/2014, Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party; 
     1,000, 9/11/2014, Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party 
     (transferred to nonfederal account on 10/18/2014); 10,000, 
     10/17/2014, Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party 
     (transferred to nonfederal account on 10/18/2014); 5,000, 6/
     27/2014, Ready for Hillary PAC; 1,000, 7/8/2014, Tim Waltz 
     for US Congress; 5,000, 7/7/2014, Win Minnesota Federal PAC.
       Stacey Mills Heins, 2,500, 10/20/2011, Barnes for Congress; 
     10,000, 8/12/2011 ($5,000 refunded on 2/24/2013 from portion 
     of contribution allocable to Midwest Values PAC), Franken 
     MVPS; 200, 2/2/2011, Klobuchar for Minnesota 2012; 1,400, 2/
     2/2011, Klobuchar for Minnesota 2012; 300, 4/30/2011, 
     Klobuchar for Minnesota 2012; 2,300 4/30/2011 ($200 refunded 
     on 5/11/2011), Klobuchar for Minnesota 2012; 1000, 7/27/2011 
     (refunded 2/11/2013,) Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor 
     Party; 30,800, 10/11/2011, Obama Victory Fund 2012; 9,200, 
     12/16/2011, Swing State Victory Fund; 2,500, 8/31/2011, Tim 
     Walz For US Congress; 300, 9/30/2012 (refunded on 4/30/2013), 
     Democratic Party of Wisconsin; 2,500, 5/31/2012, Jim Graves 
     for Congress; 2,500, 9/24/2012, Jim Graves for Congress; 
     5,000, 3/19/2012, Obama Victory Fund 2012; 30,800, 3/19/2012, 
     Obama Victory Fund 2012; 2,500, 6/15/2012, Tim Walz for US 
     Congress; 5,000, 1/24/2013 (refunded 2/24/2013), Midwest 
     Values PAC; 500, 3/11/2013, Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor 
     Party; 5,000, 1/14/2013, Presidential Inaugural Committee 
     2013; 5,000, 1/2/2013, Presidential Inaugural Committee 2013; 
     500, 6/18/2014, Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party.
       Maurice Heins, 5,000, 8/8/2011, Democratic Senatorial 
     Campaign Committee; 20,000, 9/14/2012, Obama Victory Fund 
     2012.
       Hadassa Wagman Heins, 25,000, 10/27/2011, Obama Victory 
     Fund 2012; 5,000, 5/21/2012, Obama Victory Fund 2012; 1,000, 
     7/23/2012, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee; 20,000, 
     9/14/2012, Obama Victory Fund 2012.
       Scott Murray, 100, Sep 14, Mayday PAC.
                                  ____

       * Paul Wayne Jones, of Maryland, a Career Member of the 
     Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to the Republic of Poland.
       Nominee: Paul Wayne Jones.
       Post: Poland.
       (The following is a list of all members of my immediate 
     family and their spouses. I have asked each of these persons 
     to inform me of the pertinent contributions made by them. To 
     the best of my knowledge, the information contained in this 
     report is complete and accurate.)
       Contributions, amount, date, and donee:
       1. Self: None.
       2. Spouse: Catherine Cheremeteff Grove Jones, none.
       3. Children and Spouses: Aleksandra Cheremeteff Jones, 
     none; Hale Grove Jones, none.
       4. Parents: Evelyn Jones (Mother), $175, 2014, DSCC; $175, 
     2013, DSCC; $150, 2012, DSCC; $50, 2012, Obama Victory Fund; 
     $50, 2012, Obama for America; Father--deceased.
       5. Grandparents: None living, none.
       6. Brothers and Spouses: none.
       7. Sisters and Spouses: Catherine Johnsen (Sister), none; 
     Sigurd Johnsen (Her Spouse), none; Margaret Anne Wayne Jones 
     (Sister), none.
                                  ____

       * Michele Thoren Bond, of the District of Columbia, a 
     Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of 
     Minister-Counselor, to be an Assistant Secretary of State 
     (Consular Affairs).
       * Sarah Elizabeth Mendelson, of the District of Columbia, 
     to be Representative of the United States of America on the 
     Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, with the 
     rank of Ambassador.
       * Sarah Elizabeth Mendelson, of the District of Columbia, 
     to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of 
     America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United 
     Nations, during her tenure of service as Representative of 
     the United States of America on the Economic and Social 
     Council of the United Nations.
       * Gayle Smith, of Ohio, to be Administrator of the United 
     States Agency for International Development.
       * Thomas O. Melia, of Maryland, to be an Assistant 
     Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
     Development.

  Mr. CORKER. Mr. President, for the Committee on Foreign Relations I 
report favorably the following nomination list which was printed in the 
Record on the date indicated, and ask unanimous consent, to save the 
expense of reprinting on the Executive Calendar that this nomination 
lie at the Secretary's desk for the information of Senators.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

       * Foreign Service nominations beginning with Maura Barry 
     Boyle and ending with Anthony Wolak, which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record on June 10, 2015.

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     (minus 3 nominees: Jeffries Blunt de Graffenried, Jr.; Debbie 
     Patrice Jackson; Christopher Nairn Steel)
       By Mr. INHOFE for the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       * Kristen Marie Kulinowski, of New York, to be a Member of 
     the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board for a term 
     of five years.
       * Eric Martin Satz, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the 
     Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a 
     term expiring May 18, 2018.
       * Vanessa Lorraine Allen Sutherland, of Virginia, to be a 
     Member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board 
     for a term of five years.
       * Vanessa Lorraine Allen Sutherland, of Virginia, to be 
     Chairperson of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation 
     Board for a term of five years.
       * Gregory Guy Nadeau, of Maine, to be Administrator of the 
     Federal Highway Administration.
       By Mr. JOHNSON for the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
       * Denise Turner Roth, of North Carolina, to be 
     Administrator of General Services.

  * 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.

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