[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 193 (Thursday, December 6, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S7324]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     NOMINATIONS OF BERNARD L. McNAMEE AND KATHLEEN LAURA KRANINGER

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, on an entirely different matter, the 
Senate voted yesterday to advance the nomination of Bernard McNamee to 
serve on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Today, we will vote 
on his confirmation. I encourage every one of my colleagues to join me 
in supporting this abundantly well-qualified nominee.
  After Mr. McNamee, we will continue moving ahead with the personnel 
business. We will vote on the confirmation of Kathleen Kraninger to 
lead the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. Ms. Kraninger brings 
a wealth of experience to an Agency in need of a renewed, consumer-
focused mission. I urge each of my colleagues to join me in voting to 
get her started in this important work.

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