[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 140 (Thursday, August 6, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5261-S5262]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate 
proceed to the en bloc consideration of following nominations: 
Executive Calendar Nos. 549, 792, 793, 794, 795, 796, 797, 798, 802, 
803, 804, 806, 807, and all nominations on the Secretary's Desk in the 
Foreign Service.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Thereupon, the Senate proceeded to consider the nominations en bloc.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, 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, and that President be immediately notified 
of the Senate's action.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the 
nominations of Sung Y. Kim, of California, a Career Member of the 
Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be Ambassador 
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to 
the Republic of Indonesia; Natalie E. Brown, of Nebraska, 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 Uganda; Sandra E. Clark, of Maryland, 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 Burkina Faso; 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; Henry T. Wooster, of Virginia, 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 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; Jason Myung-lk Chung, of Virginia, to 
be United States Director of the Asian Development Bank, with the rank 
of Ambassador; Richard M. Mills, Jr., of Texas, a Career Member of the 
Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be the Deputy 
Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, 
with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and 
Plenipotentiary and the Deputy Representative of the United States of 
America in the Security Council of the United Nations; William Ellison 
Grayson, of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and 
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of 
Estonia; William W. Popp, of Missouri, 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 Republic of Guatemala; J. Steven Dowd, of Florida, to be United 
States Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development; Ramsey Coats Day, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development; Richard M. Mills, Jr., of Texas, a Career Member of the 
Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be 
Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the 
General Assembly of the United Nations, during his tenure of service as 
Deputy Representative of the United States of America to the United 
Nations; Jenny A. McGee, of Texas, to be an Assistant Administrator of 
the United States Agency for International Development; and the 
Nominations Placed on the Secretary's Desk in the Foreign Service: 
PN2067 FOREIGN SERVICE nominations, (101) beginning with Shefali 
Agrawal, and ending with Michael B. Schooling, which nominations were 
received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of June 
29, 2020; PN2068 FOREIGN SERVICE nominations (214) beginning with Anna 
Mae G. Akers, and ending with Ismat Mohammad G. Omar Yassin, which 
nominations were received by the Senate and appeared in the 
Congressional Record of June 29, 2020; PN2069 FOREIGN SERVICE (43) 
nominations, beginning with Jonathan Paul Ackley, and ending with 
Amanda B. Whatley, which nominations were received by the Senate and 
appeared in the Congressional Record of June 29, 2020; PN2070 FOREIGN 
SERVICE (11) nominations, beginning with Jeffrey Thomas Albanese,

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and ending with Katherine Rose Woody, which nominations were received 
by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of June 29, 
2020; PN2071 FOREIGN SERVICE nominations (5) beginning Erin Elizabeth 
McKee, and ending Dana Rogstad Mansuri, which nominations were received 
by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of June 29, 
2020; PN2072 FOREIGN SERVICE nominations (27) beginning Lawrence J. 
Sacks, and ending Bruce F. McFarland, which nominations were received 
by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of June 29, 
2020; and PN2073 FOREIGN SERVICE nominations (3) beginning Deanna 
Scott, and ending Christopher Walker, which nominations were received 
by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of June 29, 
2020?
  The nominations were confirmed en bloc.

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