[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 30 (Thursday, February 15, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S1191]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              NOMINATIONS

  Executive nominations received by the Senate:


                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

        NAOMI C. EARP, OF MARYLAND, TO BE AN ASSISTANT SECRETARY 
     OF AGRICULTURE, VICE JOE LEONARD, JR.


                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

        THELMA DRAKE, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE FEDERAL TRANSIT 
     ADMINISTRATOR, VICE PETER M. ROGOFF, RESIGNED.


                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

        JAMES REILLY, OF COLORADO, TO BE DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED 
     STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, VICE SUZETTE M. KIMBALL.


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

        JOSEPH CELLA, OF MICHIGAN, TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY 
     AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE 
     REPUBLIC OF FIJI, AND TO SERVE CONCURRENTLY AND WITHOUT 
     ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION AS AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND 
     PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE 
     REPUBLIC OF KIRIBATI, THE REPUBLIC OF NAURU, THE KINGDOM OF 
     TONGA, AND TUVALU.
        DAVID B. CORNSTEIN, OF NEW YORK, TO BE AMBASSADOR 
     EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF 
     AMERICA TO HUNGARY.
        GEORGETTE MOSBACHER, OF FLORIDA, TO BE AMBASSADOR 
     EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF 
     AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND.


                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

        JEAN CAROL HOVLAND, OF SOUTH DAKOTA, TO BE COMMISSIONER OF 
     THE ADMINISTRATION FOR NATIVE AMERICANS, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 
     AND HUMAN SERVICES, VICE LILLIAN A. SPARKS.


                             THE JUDICIARY

        MARK JEREMY BENNETT, OF HAWAII, TO BE UNITED STATES 
     CIRCUIT JUDGE FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT, VICE RICHARD R. CLIFTON, 
     RETIRED.
        NANCY E. BRASEL, OF MINNESOTA, TO BE UNITED STATES 
     DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA, VICE ANN D. 
     MONTGOMERY, RETIRED.
        THOMAS S. KLEEH, OF WEST VIRGINIA, TO BE UNITED STATES 
     DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA, 
     VICE IRENE M. KEELEY, RETIRED.
        ANDREW S. OLDHAM, OF TEXAS, TO BE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT 
     JUDGE FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT, VICE EDWARD C. PRADO, RETIRING.
        PETER J. PHIPPS, OF PENNSYLVANIA, TO BE UNITED STATES 
     DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, VICE 
     TERRENCE F. MCVERRY, RETIRED.
        MICHAEL Y. SCUDDER, OF ILLINOIS, TO BE UNITED STATES 
     CIRCUIT JUDGE FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT, VICE RICHARD A. 
     POSNER, RETIRED.
        AMY J. ST. EVE, OF ILLINOIS, TO BE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT 
     JUDGE FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT, VICE ANN CLAIRE WILLIAMS, 
     RETIRED.
        ERIC C. TOSTRUD, OF MINNESOTA, TO BE UNITED STATES 
     DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA, VICE DONOVAN W. 
     FRANK, RETIRED.
        CHARLES J. WILLIAMS, OF IOWA, TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT 
     JUDGE FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA, VICE LINDA R. READE, 
     RETIRED.

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