[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 196 (Wednesday, November 18, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7068-S7069]
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. 801, 877, 879, 880, 882, and 884.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
nominations en bloc.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate vote on the 
nominations en bloc with no intervening action or debate; that the 
motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table en 
bloc; and that the President be immediately notified of the Senate's 
actions.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the 
nominations of Lisa S. Kenna, of Vermont, 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 
Peru; Thomas Laszlo Vajda, of Arizona, 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 Union of Burma; Melanie Harris Higgins, of Georgia, 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 Burundi; Jeanne Marie Maloney, 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 Kingdom of Eswatini; James Broward Story, of South 
Carolina, 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 Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela; and 
Michael A. McCarthy, 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

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America to the Republic of Liberia, en bloc?
  The nominations were confirmed en bloc.

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