[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 114 (Thursday, July 14, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S5182]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Ms. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the en bloc consideration of Calendar Nos. 209, 472, 679 
through 684, and 595; that the Senate vote on the nominations en bloc 
without intervening action or debate; that if confirmed, the motion to 
reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, the President be 
immediately notified of the Senate's action, and the Senate then resume 
legislative session without any intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the nominations en bloc.
  The legislative clerk read the nominations of Julius Lloyd Horwich, 
of Illinois, to be Assistant Secretary for Legislation and 
Congressional Affairs, Department of Education; Thomas F. Scott 
Darling, III, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Federal 
Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Ann Hall, of Maine, 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 Lithuania; Lawrence Robert Silverman of 
Massachusetts, 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 State of Kuwait; Carol Z. Perez, 
of Virginia, 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 Chile; Geoffrey R. 
Pyatt, 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 Greece; Douglas Alan 
Silliman, 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 
Iraq; Marie L. Yovanovitch, of Connecticut, 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 
Ukraine; and Blair Anderson, of California, to be Under Secretary of 
Transportation for Policy.
  Thereupon, the Senate proceeded to consider the nominations en bloc.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Will the Senate advise and 
consent to the Horwich, Darling, Hall, Silverman, Perez, Pyatt, 
Silliman, Yovanovitch, and Anderson nominations en bloc?
  The nominations were confirmed en bloc.

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