[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 181 (Monday, December 14, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S8626]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate will 
proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations, 
which the clerk will report.
  The bill clerk read the nominations of Alissa M. Starzak, of New 
York, to be General Counsel of the Department of the Army; John Conger, 
of Maryland, to be a Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense; 
Stephen P. Welby, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense; 
and Franklin R. Parker, of Illinois, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
the Navy.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, there will be 30 
minutes for debate equally divided in the usual form.
  The Senator from Rhode Island.
  Mr. REED. Madam President, will the Presiding Officer inform me when 
I have used 7 minutes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator will be notified when his time has 
expired.