[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 186 (Tuesday, November 14, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S7206]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination.
  The legislative clerk read the nomination of David G. Zatezalo, of 
West Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and 
Health.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Tennessee.
  Mr. ALEXANDER. Thank you, Mr. President.
  Mr. President, the Senate has just invoked cloture on the nomination 
of David Zatezalo, of West Virginia, to be the Assistant Secretary for 
Mine Safety and Health. Mr. Zatezalo is uniquely qualified to lead the 
U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration 
because he knows the industry inside out. He has spent his career in 
mining, starting as a miner. He is a member of a union. He worked his 
way up to general superintendent in Southern Ohio Coal and was a 
general manager at AEP.
  The Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee approved his 
nomination on October 18, and I am glad the Senate will have the 
opportunity to vote on his confirmation.