[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 187 (Thursday, November 21, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6771-S6772]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mrs. FISCHER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the en bloc consideration of the following nominations: 
Executive Calendar Nos. 456, 493, and 495.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the nominations en bloc.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read the nominations of John 
E. Kramer, of Florida, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of 
Transportation; Ian Paul Steff, of Indiana, to be Assistant Secretary 
of Commerce and Director General of the United States and Foreign 
Commercial Service; and Carl Whitney Bentzel, of Maryland, to be a 
Federal Maritime Commissioner for the term expiring June 30, 2024.
  Thereupon, the Senate proceeded to consider the nominations en bloc.
  Mrs. FISCHER. 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 
the table en bloc; that the President be immediately notified of the 
Senate's actions; that no further motions be in order; and that any 
statements relating to the nominations be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Kramer, 
Steff, and Bentzel nominations en bloc?

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  The nominations were confirmed en bloc.

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