[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 193 (Wednesday, November 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7718-S7720]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

  The following executive reports of nominations were submitted:

       By Mr. MENENDEZ for the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       Lisa A. Carty, of Maryland, to be Representative of the 
     United States of America on the Economic and Social Council 
     of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador.
       Lisa A. Carty, of Maryland, to be an Alternate 
     Representative of the United States of America to the 
     Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, 
     during her tenure of service as Representative of the United 
     States of America on the Economic and Social Council of the 
     United Nations.
       Nominee: Lisa Carty.
       Post: Representative of the United States of America on the 
     Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, with the 
     rank of Ambassador, and as Alternate Representative of the 
     United States of America to the Sessions of the General 
     Assembly of the United Nations during her tenure of service 
     as Representative of the United States of America on the 
     Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.
       (The following is a list of members of my immediate family. 
     I have asked each of these persons to inform me of the 
     pertinent contributions made by them. To the best of my 
     knowledge, the information contained in this report is 
     complete and accurate.)
       Contributions, amount, date, and donee:
       Lisa Carty*, $500, 9/13/20, Biden Victory Fund; Lisa 
     Carty*, $500, 8/21/20, Biden Victory Fund; Lisa Carty*, $100, 
     6/19/18, S.Hader/Act Blue; Lisa Carty, $250, 12/17/17, 
     S.Hader/Act Blue.
       William Burns, $500, 10/14/20, Biden for President; William 
     Burns, $100, 9/14/20, Biden/Act Blue; William Burns, $100, 9/
     7/20, Act Blue; William Burns, $500, 5/13/20, Biden for 
     President; William Burns, $2,500, 4/28/20, International 
     Paper/PAC; William Burns, $500, 11/22/19, Biden for 
     President; William Burns, $3,000, 5/01/19, International 
     Paper/PAC; William Burns, $3,000, 8/24/18, International 
     Paper/PAC; William Burns, $100, 6/28/18, Act Blue; William 
     Burns, $100, 2/24/18, Act Blue/Meier; William Burns, $3,000, 
     11/13/17, International Paper/PAC; William Burns, $250, 9/18/
     17, Meier for Congress; William Burns, $250, 6/13/17, Meier 
     for Congress.
       * Please note that the contributions marked with an 
     asterisk are double reported on the FEC.Gov website.
                                  ____

       Peter D. Haas, 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 People's Republic of Bangladesh.
       Nominee: Peter David Haas.
       Post: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the 
     United States to the People's Republic of Bangladesh.
       (The following is a list of members of my immediate family. 
     I have asked each of these persons to inform me of the 
     pertinent contributions made by them. To the best of my 
     knowledge, the information contained in this report is 
     complete and accurate.)
       Contributions, amount, date, and donee:
       Self: None.
       Amy Haas (spouse): None.
                                  ____

       Julie Chung, of California, 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 Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri 
     Lanka.
       Nominee: Julie Chung.
       Post: Sri Lanka.
       (The following is a list of members of my immediate family. 
     I have asked each of these persons to inform me of the 
     pertinent contributions made by them. To the best of my 
     knowledge, the information contained in this report is 
     complete and accurate.)
       Contributions, amount, date, and donee:
       Self: None.
       Jose Collazo (spouse): None.
                                  ____

       Patricia Mahoney, 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 Central African Republic.
       Nominee: Patricia Mahoney.
       Post: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the 
     Central African Republic.
       (The following is a list of members of my immediate family. 
     I have asked each of these persons to inform me of the 
     pertinent contributions made by them. To the best of my 
     knowledge, the information contained in this report is 
     complete and accurate.)

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       Contributions, amount, date, and donee:
       Self: None, N/A, N/A, N/A.
                                  ____

       Julissa Reynoso Pantaleon, of New York, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to the Kingdom of Spain, and to serve concurrently 
     and without additional compensation as Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to the Principality of Andorra.
       Nominee: Julissa Reynoso.
       Post: US Embassy in Spain and Andorra.
       Nominated: July 28, 2021.
       (The following is a list of members of my immediate family. 
     I have asked each of these persons to inform me of the 
     pertinent contributions made by them. To the best of my 
     knowledge, the information contained in this report is 
     complete and accurate.)
       Contributions, donee, date, and amount:
       See attached. All contributions are from Julissa Reynoso 
     (self).
       Other immediate family member is Lucas Nunez Reynoso (son, 
     age 5) He has not made any contributions.

                               ATTACHMENT

       Latino Victory Fund, 3/12/2018, $5,000.00.
       DNC Services Corp./Dem. Nat'l Committee, 12/5/2017, 
     $827.77.
       Latino Victory Fund, 6/30/2017, $1,000.00.
       DNC Services Corp./Dem. Nat'l Committee, 6/30/2017, 
     $5,000.00.
       Cortez Masto Victory Fund, 9/28/2017, $1,000.00.
       Espaillat for Congress 2018, 10/18/2018, $500.00.
       Espaillat for Congress 2018, 10/18/2018, $500.00.
       Max Rose for Congress, 4/24/2018, $500.00.
       Veronica Escobar for Congress, 9/28/2017, $250.00.
       Ed Meier for Congress, 5/10/2017, $250.00.
       Ed Meier for Congress, 9/29/2017, $250.00.
       Catherine Cortez Masto for Senate, 9/30/2017, $1,000.00.
       Catherine Cortez Masto for Senate, 9/30/2017, $1,000.00.
       Cory Booker for Senate, 2/20/2018, $500.00.
       DNC Services Corp./Dem. Nat'l Committee, 5/10/2018, 
     $250.00.
       DNC Services Corp./Dem. Nat'l Committee, 7/28/2017, 
     $5,000.00.
       All for Our Country Leadership PAC, 3/11/2019, $750.00.
       Melissa Mark-Viverito for the Bronx, 9/30/2019, $250.00.
       Biden for President, 4/25/2019, $2,800.00.
       DNC Services Corp/Democratic National Committee, 5/13/2019, 
     $5,000.00.
       People First Future, 10/26/2019, $250.00.
       Max Rose for Congress, 2/6/2020, $500.00.
       Melissa Mark-Viverito for the Bronx, 4/29/2020, $250.00.
       DNC Services Corp/Democratic National Committee, 9/16/2019, 
     $1,000.00.
       DSCC, 6/23/2020, $1,000.00.
       Biden for President, 6/1/2020, $2,800.00.
       Dan for Colorado, 8/13/2019, $250.00.
       Debbie for Congress, 10/5/2020, $500.00.
       Biden Victory Fund, 6/1/2020, $2,800.00.
       Biden Victory Fund, 8/22/2020, $214.06.
       Theresa Greenfield for Iowa, 9/22/2020, $250.00.
       DNC Services Corp/Democratic National Committee, 8/22/2020, 
     $214.06.
                                  ____

       Peter Hendrick Vrooman, of New York, 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 Mozambique.
       Nominee: Peter Hendrick Vrooman.
       Post: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the 
     Republic of Mozambique.
       (The following is a list of members of my immediate family. 
     I have asked each of these persons to inform me of the 
     pertinent contributions made by them. To the best of my 
     knowledge, the information contained in this report is 
     complete and accurate.)
       Contributions, amount, date, and donee: Self: None.
       Johnette Iris Stubbs: None.
                                  ____


       Jonathan Eric Kaplan, of California, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to the Republic of Singapore.
       Nominee: Jonathan Eric Kaplan.
       Post: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the 
     Republic of Singapore.
       (The following is a list of members of my immediate family. 
     I have asked each of these persons to inform me of the 
     pertinent contributions made by them. To the best of my 
     knowledge, the information contained in this report is 
     complete and accurate.)
       Contributions, amount, date, and donee:
       Self: None.
                                  ____

       Elizabeth Anne Noseworthy Fitzsimmons, of Delaware, 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 
     Togolese Republic.
       Nominee: Elizabeth Anne Noseworthy Fitzsimmons.
       Post: Republic of Togo.
       (The following is a list of members of my immediate family. 
     I have asked each of these persons to inform me of the 
     pertinent contributions made by them. To the best of my 
     knowledge, the information contained in this report is 
     complete and accurate.)
       Contributions, amount, date, and donee:
       Richard Roman Seipert: None.
       Elizabeth Anne Noseworthy Fitzsimmons: None.
                                  ____


       Brian Wesley Shukan, 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 Republic of Benin.
       Nominee: Brian Wesley Shukan.
       Post: Benin.
       (The following is a list of members of my immediate family. 
     I have asked each of these persons to inform me of the 
     pertinent contributions made by them. To the best of my 
     knowledge, the information contained in this report is 
     complete and accurate.)
       Contributions, amount, date, and donee:
       Self: None.
       Spouse: None.
                                  ____

       David R. Gilmour, of the District of Columbia, 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 Equatorial 
     Guinea.
       Nominee: David R. Gilmour.
       Post: Equatorial Guinea.
       (The following is a list of members of my immediate family. 
     I have asked each of these persons to inform me of the 
     pertinent contributions made by them. To the best of my 
     knowledge, the information contained in this report is 
     complete and accurate.)
       Contributions, amount, date, and donee:
       Self: None.
       Spouse: None.
                                  ____

       R. Nicholas Burns, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to the People's Republic of China.
       Nominee: R. Nicholas Burns.
       Post: People's Republic of China.
       (The following is a list of members of my immediate family. 
     I have asked each of these persons to inform me of the 
     pertinent contributions made by them. To the best of my 
     knowledge, the information contained in this report is 
     complete and accurate.)
       Contributions, amount, date, and donee:
       Self, $250, 10/28/2020, Tom Malinowski For Congress.
       Self, $500, 10/28/2020, Biden for President.
       Self, $500, 10/14/2020, Biden for President.
       Spouse, $1000, 9/21/20, Biden for President.
       Spouse, $50, 9/21/20, ACTBLUE: Amy McGrath U.S. Senate.
       Self, $1000, 9/14/20, Biden Victory Fund. (This was likely 
     distributed by the Biden Victory Fund to Biden for 
     President.)
       Self, $1000, 9/14/20, Biden for President *. * The FEC 
     report shows this second $1000 contribution on 09/14/20 to 
     Biden for President. This appears to be duplicative as my 
     records do not show such a contribution.
       Self, $1000, 06/01/20, Biden for President--Primary 
     Election.
       Self, $1000, 06/01/20, Biden for President--Primary 
     Election.
       Self, $1000, 05/14/20, Kennedy for Massachusetts.
       Spouse, $25, 02/11/2020, ACTBLUE for Amy Klobuchar.
       Spouse, $100, 09/30/2019, Warren for President.
       Spouse, $100, 09/30/2019, ACTBLUE.
       Spouse, $500, 07/07/2019, Warren for President.
       Self, $1000, 05/03/2019, The Reed Committee.
       Spouse, $100, 02/09/2019, ACTBLUE.
       Self, $500, 10/16/2018, Soderberg for Congress.
       Self, $500, 10/16/2018, Tom Malinowski for Congress.
       Self, $1000, 09/30/2018, Jesse Colvin for Congress.
       Self, $250, 12/23/17, Tom Malinowski for Congress.
       Self, $250, 12/23/2017, Soderberg for Congress.
                                  ____

       Rahm Emanuel, of Illinois, to be Ambassador Extraordinary 
     and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Japan.
       Nominee: Rahm Emanuel.
       Post: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the 
     United States of America to Japan.
       (The following is a list of members of my immediate family. 
     I have asked each of these persons to inform me of the 
     pertinent contributions made by them. To the best of my 
     knowledge, the information contained in this report is 
     complete and accurate.)
       Contributions, amount, date, and donee:
       Delauro Victory Fund: $10,000, 11/2/2020, Rahm Emanuel; 
     Friends of Rosa Delauro: $2,800, 11/2/2020, Rahm Emanuel; 
     Democratic Party of Illinois*: $28.80, 10/19/2018, Chicago 
     for Rahm Emanuel.
       *Reimbursement
       Biden for President: $100, 11/2/2020, Amy M. Rule; 
     ACTBLUE*, $100, 11/2/2020, Amy Rule; ACTBLUE*: $25.00, 10/24/
     2020, Amy Rule; ACTBLUE*: $100, 08/31/2020, Amy Rule; 
     ACTBLUE*: $100, 08/20/2020, Amy Rule.
       *Earmarked Biden for President
                                  ____

       Barbara A. Leaf, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary 
     of State (Near Eastern Affairs). Atul Atmaram Gawande, of 
     Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United 
     States Agency for International Development.

  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. President, for the Committee on Foreign Relations I 
report favorably the following nomination lists which were printed in 
the Records on the dates indicated, and ask unanimous consent, to save 
the expense of reprinting on the Executive Calendar that these 
nominations lie at the Secretary's desk for the information of 
Senators.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

       Foreign Service nominations beginning with Christopher 
     Alexander and ending with Mark Russell, which nominations 
     were received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record on April 27, 2021. (minus 1 nominee: Leon Skarshinski)
       Foreign Service nominations beginning with Jim Nelson 
     Barnhart, Jr. and ending with Teresa L. McGhie, which 
     nominations were received by the Senate and appeared in the 
     Congressional Record on June 22, 2021.
       By Mr. BROWN for the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.

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       *Judith DelZoppo Pryor, of Ohio, to be First Vice President 
     of the Export-Import Bank of the United States for a term 
     expiring January 20, 2025.
       *Owen Edward Herrnstadt, of Maryland, to be a Member of the 
     Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United 
     States for a term expiring January 20, 2025.
       *Matthew S. Axelrod, of Maryland, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary of Commerce.
       *Reta Jo Lewis, of Georgia, to be President of the Export-
     Import Bank of the United States for a term expiring January 
     20, 2025.
       By Mr. WYDEN for the Committee on Finance.
       *Chris Magnus, of Arizona, to be Commissioner of U.S. 
     Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland 
     Security.
       By Mr. PETERS for the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
       *Ernest W. DuBester, of Virginia, to be a Member of the 
     Federal Labor Relations Authority for a term of five years 
     expiring July 1, 2024.
       *Susan Tsui Grundmann, of Virginia, to be Member of the 
     Federal Labor Relations Authority for a term of five years 
     expiring July 1, 2025.
       *Kurt Thomas Rumsfeld, of Maryland, to be General Counsel 
     of the Federal Labor Relations Authority for a term of five 
     years.

  *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.
  (Nominations without an asterisk were reported with the 
recommendation that they be confirmed.)

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