[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 86 (Thursday, May 24, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S2915]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the en bloc consideration of the following nominations: 
Executive Calendar Nos. 848, 851, 852, 853, and 854.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the nominations en bloc.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read the nominations of David 
B. Cornstein, of New York, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and 
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Hungary; Francis R. 
Fannon, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Energy 
Resources); Eliot Pedrosa, of Florida, to be United States Alternate 
Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank; Jonathan R. 
Cohen, of California, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, 
Class of Minister-Counselor, to be the Deputy Representative of the 
United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and 
status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and the Deputy 
Representative of the United States of America in the Security Council 
of the United Nations; and Jonathan R. Cohen, of California, a Career 
Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to 
be Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of 
the General Assembly of the United Nations, during his tenure of 
service as Deputy Representative of the United States of America to the 
United Nations.
  Thereupon, the Senate proceeded to consider the nominations en bloc.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
vote on the nominations en bloc with no intervening action or debate; 
that if confirmed, the motions to reconsider be considered made and 
laid upon table en bloc; that the President be immediately notified of 
the Senate's action; that no further motions be in order; and that any 
statements relating to the nominations be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Cornstein, 
Fannon, Pedrosa, Cohen, and Cohen nominations en bloc?
  The nominations were confirmed en bloc.

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