[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 131 (Thursday, August 1, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S5298]
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. 178, 181, 395, 397, 400, 401, 404, 405, 406, 
and 361.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the nominations en bloc.
  The legislative clerk read the nominations of Kenneth S. George, of 
Texas, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
States of America to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay; W. Patrick 
Murphy, of Vermont, 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 Kingdom of 
Cambodia; Richard K. Bell, of Pennsylvania, a Career Member of the 
Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador 
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to 
the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire; Jonathan R. Cohen, 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 the Arab Republic of Egypt; Christopher 
Landau, of Maryland, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 
of the United States of America to the United Mexican States; Richard 
B. Norland, of Iowa, 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 Libya; Philip S. 
Goldberg, of the District of Columbia, a Career Member of the Senior 
Foreign Service, Class of Career Ambassador, to be Ambassador 
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to 
the Republic of Colombia; Jessica E. Lapenn, of New York, a Career 
Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to 
be Representative of the United States of America to the African Union, 
with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and 
Plenipotentiary; Mary Beth Leonard, 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 Federal Republic of Nigeria; and Eliot Pedrosa, of 
Florida, to be United States Executive Director of the Inter-American 
Development Bank for a term of three years.
  Thereupon, the Senate proceeded to consider the nominations en bloc.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate vote on the 
nominations with no intervening action or debate; that if confirmed, 
the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon table; 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 George, 
Murphy, Bell, Cohen, Landau, Norland, Goldberg, Lapenn, Leonard, and 
Pedrosa nominations en bloc?
  The nominations were confirmed en bloc.

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