[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 181 (Wednesday, November 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S6566]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEE

  The following executive reports of nominations were submitted:

       By Mr. WICKER for the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       *Michael Graham, of Kansas, to be a Member of the National 
     Transportation Safety Board for a term expiring December 31, 
     2020.
       *Ian Paul Steff, of Indiana, to be Assistant Secretary of 
     Commerce and Director General of the United States and 
     Foreign Commercial Service.
       *Theodore Rokita, of Indiana, to be a Director of the 
     Amtrak Board of Directors for the remainder of the term 
     expiring January 3, 2021.
       *Carl Whitney Bentzel, of Maryland, to be a Federal 
     Maritime Commissioner for the term expiring June 30, 2024.
       *Michael Graham, of Kansas, to be a Member of the National 
     Transportation Safety Board for a term expiring December 31, 
     2025.

  Mr. WICKER. Mr. President, for the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation I report favorably the following nomination list 
which was printed in the Record on the date indicated, and ask 
unanimous consent, to save the expense of reprinting on the Executive 
Calendar that this nomination lie at the Secretary's desk for the 
information of Senators.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

       *Coast Guard nominations beginning with Joseph D. Brown and 
     ending with Mariett C. Ogg, which nominations were received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record on 
     October 15, 2019.

  *Nomination was reported with recommendation that it be confirmed 
subject to the nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear 
and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.

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