[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 206 (Thursday, December 19, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7238-S7239]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
NOMINATIONS IN STATUS QUO
Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I send a list of nominations to the desk
and ask that they be kept in status quo despite the sine die
adjournment of the 1st session of the 116th Congress.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The nominations in status quo are as follows:
Nominations in Status Quo by Committee
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Cal. #238--Mindy Brashears, of Texas, to be Under Secretary
of Agriculture for Food Safety.
Cal. #368--Scott Soles, of Texas, to be Chief Financial
Officer, Department of Agriculture.
Committee on Armed Services
Military:
PN 1223--Nicholas W. DiGeorge to be Lieutenant Commander.
PN 1224--Colin R. Young to be Lieutenant Commander.
PN 1262--Shaun J. Arredondo to be Major.
PN 1263--Steven K. Uhlman to be Major.
PN 1292--Christopher M. Feroli to be Major.
Civilian:
PN 1277--Elaine A. Mccusker, of Virginia, to be Under
Secretary of Defense (Comptroller).
PN 1322--James E. McPherson, of Virginia, to be Under
Secretary of the Army.
PN 1310--Charles Williams, of Missouri, to be an Assistant
Secretary of the Navy.
Cal. #506--Thomas A. Summers, of Pennsylvania, to be a
Member of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board for a
term expiring October 18, 2020.
Cal. #505--Jessie Hill Roberson, of Virginia, to be a
Member of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board for a
term expiring October 18, 2023. (Reappointment)
Cal. #504--Joseph Bruce Hamilton, of Texas, to be a Member
of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board for a term
expiring October 18, 2022.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Development
Cal. #546--John Bobbitt, of Texas, to be an Assistant
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
PN 1153--Peter J. Coniglio, of Virginia, to be Inspector
General, Export-Import Bank.
Cal. #547--Brian D. Montgomery, of Texas, to be Deputy
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
PN 612--Nazak Nikakhtar, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary
of Commerce for Industry and Security.
Exec. No. 500--Bruce Poliquin, of Maine, to be a Director
of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation for a term
expiring December 31, 2021.
PN 701--Paul Shmotolokha, of Washington, to be First Vice
President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States for
a term expiring January 20, 2021.
Exec. Cal. #545--Mitchell A. Silk, of New York, to be an
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
PN 56--Claudia Slacik, of New York, to be a Member of the
Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United
States for a term expiring January 20, 2023.
PN 1034--David Carey Woll, Jr., of Connecticut, to be an
Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
Committee on Budget
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Cal. #369--Michelle A. Schultz, of Pennsylvania, to be a
Member of the Surface Transportation Board for the term of
five years.
Coast Guard:
PN 1182--Capt. Miriam L. Lafferty to be Rear Admiral (Lower
Half).
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
PN 857--Andrew George Biggs, of Oregon, to be a Member of
the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico
for the remainder of the term expiring August 30, 2019. (New
Position)
PN 858--Jose Baldomero Carrion, of Puerto Rico, to be a
Member of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for
Puerto Rico for the remainder of the term expiring August 30,
2019. (New Position)
PN 859--Carlos M. Garcia, of Massachusetts, to be a Member
of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto
Rico for the remainder of the term expiring August 30, 2019.
(New Position)
PN 860--Arthur J. Gonzalez, of New York, to be a Member of
the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico
for the remainder of the term expiring August 30, 2019. (New
Position)
PN 861--Jose R. Gonzalez, of New York, to be a Member of
the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico
for the remainder of the term expiring August 30, 2019. (New
Position)
PN 862--Ana Matosantos, of California, to be a Member of
the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico
for the remainder of the term expiring August 30, 2019. (New
Position)
PN 863--David Skeel, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the
Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico for
the remainder of the term expiring August 30, 2019. (New
Position)
PN 1246--Lanny Erdos, of Ohio, to be Director of the Office
of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement.
Committee on Environment and Public Works
Cal. #453--Katherine Andrea Lemos, of California, to be
Chairperson of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation
Board for a term of five years.
Cal. #451--Katherine Andrea Lemos, of California, to be a
Member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
for a term of five years.
*PN 1247 (will be HSGAC) Robert J. Feitel, of Maryland, to
be Inspector General, Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Committee on Finance
PN 1159--Kipp Kranbuhl, of Ohio, to be an Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury.
PN 1278--Alina I. Marshall, of Virginia, to be a Judge of
the United States Tax Court for a term of fifteen years.
PN 1279--Christian N. Weiler, of Louisiana, to be a Judge
of the United States Tax Court for a term of fifteen years.
PN 1248--Sarah C. Arbes, of Virginia, to be an Assistant
Secretary of Health and Human Services.
PN 85--James B. Lockhart III, of Connecticut, to be a
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Supplementary
Medical Insurance Trust Fund for a term of four years.
PN 84--James B. Lockhart III, of Connecticut, to be a
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and
Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability
Insurance Trust Fund for a term of four years.
PN 83--James B. Lockhart III, of Connecticut, to be a
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Hospital
Insurance Trust Fund for a term of four years.
PN 82--Jason J. Fichtner, of the District of Columbia, to
be a Member of the Social Security Advisory Board for a term
expiring September 30, 2024.
Cal. #416--Travis Greaves, of the District of Columbia, to
be a Judge of the United States Tax Court for a term of
fifteen years.
Committee on Foreign Relations
Cal No. 549 Sung Y. Kim, of California, a Career Member of
the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of
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the United States of America to the Republic of Indonesia.
PN 1035--Natalie E. Brown, of Nebraska, to be Ambassador to
the Republic of Uganda.
PN 1249--Todd C. Chapman, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the
Federative Republic of Brazil.
PN 1296--Jason Myung-Ik Chung, of Virginia, to be United
States Director of the Asian Development Bank, with the rank
of Ambassador.
PN 1045--Sandra E. Clark, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to
Burkina Faso.
PN 1280--J. Steven Dowd, of Florida, to be United States
Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development.
PN 1161--John Hennessey-Niland, of Illinois, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Palau.
PN 1229--Joseph Manso, of New York, a Career Member of the
Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, for the
rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as United
States Representative to the Organization for the Prohibition
of Chemical Weapons.
PN 1231--Dorothy Shea, of North Carolina, to be Ambassador
to the Lebanese Republic.
PN 1281--Henry T. Wooster, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to
the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
PN 1164--Donald Wright, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to
the United Republic of Tanzania.
PN 1037--Steven Christopher Koutsis, of Massachusetts, to
be Ambassador to the Republic of Chad.
Exec. Cal. No. 216 Charles L. Glazer, of Connecticut, to be
a Member of the United States Advisory Commission on Public
Diplomacy for a term expiring July 1, 2020.
Cal. #531--Andeliz N. Castillo, of New York States
Alternate Executive Director of the Inter-American
Development Bank.
Cal. #525--Michael George DeSombre, of Illinois, to be
Ambassador of the United States of America to the Kingdom of
Thailand.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Cal. #541--Cynthia L. Attwood, of Virginia, to be a Member
of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission for a
term expiring April 27, 2025. (Reappointment)
Cal. #542--Amanda Wood Laihow, of Maine, to be a Member of
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission for the
remainder of a term expiring April 27, 2023.
Cal. #552--Crosby Kemper III, of Missouri, to be Director
of the Institute of Museum and Library Services for a term of
four years.
Cal. #69--Charles Wickser Banta, of New York, to be a
Member of the National Council on the Arts for a term
expiring September 3, 2022.
Cal. #74--Michelle Itczak, of Indiana, to be a Member of
the National Council on the Arts for a term expiring
September 3, 2020.
Cal. #76--Barbara Coleen Long, of Missouri, to be a Member
of the National Council on the Arts for a term expiring
September 3, 2022.
Cal. #78--Carleton Varney, of Massachusetts, to be a Member
of the National Council on the Arts for a term expiring
September 3, 2022.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Cal. #60--Julia Akins Clark, of Maryland, to be a Member of
the Merit Systems Protection Board for the term of seven
years expiring March 1, 2021.
Cal. #340--B. Chad Bungard, of Maryland, to be a Member of
the Merit Systems Protection Board for the term of seven
years expiring March 1, 2025.
Cal. #339--Troy D. Edgar, of California, to be Chief
Financial Officer, Department of Homeland Security.
PN 798--Elizabeth J. Shapiro, of the District of Columbia,
to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the
District of Columbia for the term of fifteen years.
PN 1048--Rahkel Bouchet, of the District of Columbia, to be
an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of
Columbia for the term of fifteen years.
PN 1283--Mark A. Robbins, of the District of Columbia, to
be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District
of Columbia for the term of fifteen years.
PN 1284--Carl Ezekiel Ross, of the District of Columbia, to
be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District
of Columbia for the term of fifteen years.
Exec. Cal. 554--Paul J. Ray, of Tennessee, to be
Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget.
Cal. #61--Dennis Dean Kirk, of Virginia, to be a Member of
the Merit Systems Protection Board for the term of seven
years expiring March 1, 2023.
Cal. #62--Dennis Dean Kirk, of Virginia, to be Chairman of
the Merit Systems Protection Board.
Cal. #498--Peter Gaynor, of Rhode Island, to be
Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency,
Department of Homeland Security.
PN 1153--Peter J. Coniglio, of Virginia, to be Inspector
General, Export-Import Bank.
PN 1247--Robert J. Feitel, of Maryland, to be Inspector
General, Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Committee on Indian Affairs
PN 1250--Michael D. Weahkee, of New Mexico, to be Director
of the Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human
Services.
Select Committee on Intelligence
Cal. #111--William R. Evanina, of Pennsylvania, to be
Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security
Center.
Committee on Rules and Administration
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Exec. 555--Jovita Carranza, of Illinois, to be
Administrator of the Small Business Administration.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs
PN 1109--Grant C. Jaquith, of New York, to be a Judge of
the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims for
the term of fifteen years.
Committee on the Judiciary
Exec. Cal. #329--Matthew H. Solomson, of Maryland, to be a
Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims for a term
of fifteen years, vice Emily Clark Hewitt, retired.
Exec. Cal. #358--Diane Gujarati, of New York, to be United
States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York,
vice John Gleeson, resigned.
Exec. Cal. #384--Robert Anthony Molloy, of the Virgin
Islands, to be Judge for the District Court of the Virgin
Islands for a term of ten years, vice Curtis V. Gomez, term
expired.
Exec. Cal. #461--John Fitzgerald Kness, of Illinois, to be
United States District Judge for the Northern District of
Illinois, vice Samuel DerYeghiayan, retired.
Exec. Cal. #462--Eleni Maria Roumel, of Maryland, to be a
Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims for a term
of fifteen years, vice Mary Ellen Coster Williams, term
expired.
Exec. Cal. #491--Silvia Carreno-Coll, of Puerto Rico, to be
United States District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico,
vice Jay A. Garcia-Gregory, retired.
Exec. Cal. #535--Philip M. Halpern, of New York, to be
United States District Judge for the Southern District of New
York, vice P. Kevin Castel, retired.
Exec. Cal. #538--Barbara Bailey Jongbloed, of Connecticut,
to be United States District Judge for the District of
Connecticut, vice Alvin W. Thompson, retired.
Exec. Cal. #229--Virgil Madden, of Indiana, to be a
Commissioner of the United States Parole Commission for a
term of six years, vice Patricia Cushwa, term expired.
Exec. Cal. #372--Monica David Morris, of Florida, to be a
Commissioner of the United States Parole Commission for a
term of six years, vice J. Patricia Wilson Smoot, term
expired.
PN 1174--Scott H. Rash, of Arizona, to be United States
District Judge for the District of Arizona, vice Cindy K.
Jorgenson, retired.
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On page S7239, December 19, 2019, third column, the following
appears: PN 1174--of Arizona, to be United States District Judge
for the District of Arizona, vice Cindy K. Jorgenson, retired.
The online Record has been corrected to read: PN 1174--Scott H.
Rash, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the
District of Arizona, vice Cindy K. Jorgenson, retired.
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PN 1314--John Charles Hinderaker of Arizona, to be United
States District Judge for the District of Arizona, vice Raner
Christercunean Collins, retired.
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