[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 1 (Monday, January 3, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1-D4]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                            Monday, January 3, 2022

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Second Session of the One Hundred and Seventeenth Congress 
      convened as prescribed by the Constitution of the United States.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1-S3
Witkowsky Nomination--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the 
nomination of Anne A. Witkowsky, of Maryland, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of State (Conflict and Stabilization Operations).     
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  A motion was entered to close further debate on the nomination, and, 
in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on Wednesday, January 5, 2022.
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  Prior to the consideration of this nomination, Senate took the 
following action:
  Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to Executive Session to 
consider the nomination.                                        
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  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination at approximately 10:00 a.m., on 
Tuesday, January 4, 2022; and that at 12:00 noon, Senate vote on 
confirmation of the nomination of Gabriel P. Sanchez, of California, to 
be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, with all 
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Nominations Returned to the President: The following nominations were 
returned to the President failing of confirmation under Senate Rule 
XXXI at the time of the sine die adjournment of the First Session of 
the 117th Congress:
  Dilawar Syed, of California, to be Deputy Administrator of the Small 
Business Administration.
  Mohsin Raza Syed, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Transportation.
  Victoria Marie Baecher Wassmer, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Chief Financial Officer, Department of Transportation.
  Meera Joshi, of Pennsylvania, to be Administrator of the Federal 
Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
  Christopher A. Coes, of Georgia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Transportation.
  Beth Pritchard Geer, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 
2026.
  Robert P. Klein, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 
2026.
  Kimberly Caudle Lewis, of Alabama, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 
2025.
  L. Michelle Moore, of Georgia, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for the remainder of the 
term expiring May 18, 2021.
  L. Michelle Moore, of Georgia, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 
2026.
  C.S. Eliot Kang, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary of State 
(International Security and Non-Proliferation).
  Brenda Sue Fulton, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Defense.
  Solomon Jeffrey Greene, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
  Robert Cornelius Hampshire, of Michigan, to be an Assistant Secretary 
of Transportation.
  Carol Annette Petsonk, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Transportation.
  Shalanda H. Baker, of Texas, to be Director of the Office of Minority 
Economic Impact, Department of Energy.
  Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, of California, to be Director of the Office of 
Science, Department of Energy.
  Cynthia Weiner Stachelberg, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary 
of the Interior.
  Cynthia C. Hogan, of Ohio, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the Corporation for National and Community Service for a term 
expiring February 8, 2024.

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  Shirley Sachi Sagawa, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service for a 
term expiring October 6, 2024.
  Mark Colon, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development.
  Elizabeth Schoff Watson, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Labor.
  Ed Gonzalez, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Homeland 
Security.
  Sean Burton, of California, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority for a term expiring 
May 30, 2024.
  Jennifer Beth Sass, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Chemical 
Safety and Hazard Investigation Board for a term of five years.
  Barbara A. Leaf, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State 
(Near Eastern Affairs).
  Sarah Margon, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary of State for 
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.
  Arun Venkataraman, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the United States and 
Foreign Commercial Service.
  Grant T. Harris, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce.
  David Weil, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Wage and 
Hour Division, Department of Labor.
  Javier Ramirez, of Illinois, to be Federal Mediation and Conciliation 
Director.
  Tovah R. Calderon, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate 
Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals for the term of 
fifteen years.
  Carlton Waterhouse, of Virginia, to be Assistant Administrator, 
Office of Solid Waste, Environmental Protection Agency.
  David M. Uhlmann, of Michigan, to be an Assistant Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency.
  David Uejio, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development.
  Max Vekich, of Washington, to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner for 
a term expiring June 30, 2026.
  Laura Daniel-Davis, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Interior.
  Cathy Ann Harris, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Merit Systems 
Protection Board for the term of seven years expiring March 1, 2028.
  Cathy Ann Harris, of Maryland, to be Chairman of the Merit Systems 
Protection Board.
  Julia Ruth Gordon, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development.
  Mary T. Boyle, of Maryland, to be a Commissioner of the Consumer 
Product Safety Commission for a term of seven years from October 27, 
2018.
  Sara C. Bronin, of Connecticut, to be Chairman of the Advisory 
Council on Historic Preservation for a term expiring January 19, 2025.
  Mallory A. Stewart, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant 
Secretary of State (Verification and Compliance).
  Amy Gutmann, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Federal 
Republic of Germany.
  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.
  Eric M. Garcetti, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
India.
  Barbara George Johnson, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education 
Foundation for a term expiring February 4, 2026.
  Mildred Otero, of Florida, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of 
the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation 
for a term expiring August 11, 2026.
  Jose Javier Rodriguez, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Labor.
  Gerald W. Fauth, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National 
Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1, 2023.
  Linda A. Puchala, of Maryland, to be Member of the National Mediation 
Board for a term expiring July 1, 2024.
  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.
  Laurie E. Locascio, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of Commerce 
for Standards and Technology.
  Tamara Cofman Wittes, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development.
  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.
  Laura S. H. Holgate, of Virginia, to be Representative of the United 
States of America to the International Atomic Energy Agency, with the 
rank of Ambassador.
  Lisa M. Gomez, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor.

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  Amy Elizabeth Searight, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development.
  Charlotte N. Sweeney, of Colorado, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Colorado.
  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.
  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.
  Todd M. Harper, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National Credit 
Union Administration Board for a term expiring April 10, 2027.
  Jainey Kumar Bavishi, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere.
  Amy Loyd, of New Mexico, to be Assistant Secretary for Career, 
Technical, and Adult Education, Department of Education.
  Viquar Ahmad, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce.
  Viquar Ahmad, of Texas, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of 
Commerce.
  Christy Goldsmith Romero, of Virginia, to be a Commissioner of the 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission for the remainder of the term 
expiring April 13, 2024.
  Reta Jo Lewis, of Georgia, to be President of the Export-Import Bank 
of the United States for a term expiring January 20, 2025.
  James Arthur Jemison II, of Michigan, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development.
  Alvaro M. Bedoya, of Maryland, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner for 
the term of seven years from September 26, 2019.
  Adriana Debora Kugler, of Maryland, to be United States Executive 
Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 
for a term of two years.
  Deborah E. Lipstadt, of Georgia, to be Special Envoy to Monitor and 
Combat Anti-Semitism, with the rank of Ambassador.
  Adrienne Jennings Noti, 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.
  Jed David Kolko, of California, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Economic Affairs.
  Joseph F. DeCarolis, of North Carolina, to be Administrator of the 
Energy Information Administration.
  Maria Duaime Robinson, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Secretary 
of Energy (Office of Electricity).
  Henry Christopher Frey, of North Carolina, to be an Assistant 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
  Susan Harthill, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Occupational 
Safety and Health Review Commission for a term expiring April 27, 2027.
  Elizabeth de Leon Bhargava, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development.
  Mari Carmen Aponte, of Puerto Rico, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Panama.
  John N. Nkengasong, of Georgia, to be Ambassador at Large, 
Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS 
Globally.
  Glen S. Fukushima, of California, to be a Director of the Securities 
Investor Protection Corporation for a term expiring December 31, 2021.
  Glen S. Fukushima, of California, to be a Director of the Securities 
Investor Protection Corporation for a term expiring December 31, 2024.
  Steven Scott Cliff, of California, to be Administrator of the 
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
  Ann Claire Phillips, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Maritime 
Administration.
  Martha Williams, of Montana, to be Director of the United States Fish 
and Wildlife Service.
  Laurel A. Blatchford, of the District of Columbia, to be Controller, 
Office of Federal Financial Management, Office of Management and 
Budget.
  Gigi B. Sohn, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Federal Communications Commission for a term of five years from July 1, 
2021.
  Samuel H. Slater, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority for a term 
expiring November 22, 2023.
  Monde Muyangwa, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development.
  Amanda Bennett, of the District of Columbia, to be Chief Executive 
Officer of the United States Agency for Global Media.
  Geeta Rao Gupta, of Virginia, to be Ambassador at Large for Global 
Women's Issues.
  Robert McKinnon Califf, of North Carolina, to be Commissioner of Food 
and Drugs, Department of Health and Human Services.

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  Jerome H. Powell, of Maryland, to be Chairman of the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of four years.
  Helaine Ann Greenfeld, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney 
General.
  Beverly Gage, of Connecticut, to be a Member of the National Council 
on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2024.
  Fiona Whelan Prine, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the National 
Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2024.
  Alvin Harlyn Warren, of New Mexico, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service for a 
term expiring October 6, 2023.
  Andrew Fois, of the District of Columbia, to be Chairman of the 
Administrative Conference of the United States for a term of five 
years.
  Kristin N. Johnson, of Michigan, to be a Commissioner of the 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission for a term expiring April 13, 
2025.
  Hernan D. Vera, of California, to be United States District Judge for 
the Central District of California.
  Bridget Meehan Brennan, of Ohio, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of Ohio.
  Victoria Marie Calvert, of Georgia, to be United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of Georgia.
  John H. Chun, of Washington, to be United States District Judge for 
the Western District of Washington.
  Charles Esque Fleming, of Ohio, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of Ohio.
  Sarah Elisabeth Geraghty, of Georgia, to be United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of Georgia.
  Dale E. Ho, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of New York.
  David Augustin Ruiz, of Ohio, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of Ohio.
  Georgette Castner, of New Jersey, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of New Jersey.
  Jacqueline Scott Corley, of California, to be United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of California.
  Ruth Bermudez Montenegro, of California, to be United States District 
Judge for the Southern District of California.
  Julie Rebecca Rubin, of Maryland, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Maryland.
  Cristina D. Silva, of Nevada, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Nevada.
  Leonard Philip Stark, of Delaware, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Federal Circuit.
  Trina L. Thompson, of California, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of California.
  Anne Rachel Traum, of Nevada, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Nevada.
  Andre B. Mathis, of Tennessee, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Sixth Circuit.
  Alison J. Nathan, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Second Circuit.
  Steven H. Fagin, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Yemen.
  Lael Brainard, of the District of Columbia, to be Vice Chairman of 
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of four 
years.
  Sandra L. Thompson, of Maryland, to be Director of the Federal 
Housing Finance Agency for a term of five years.
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 12:03 p.m. and adjourned at 12:17 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, January 4, 2022. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S2.)


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  On page D4, January 3, 2022, the following language appears: 
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12:03 p.m. and adjourned at 12:17 
p.m., until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, January 4, 2022. (For Senate's 
program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today}s 
Record on page S2.)
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: Messages from the 
House: Page S Adjournment: Senate convened at 12:03 p.m. and 
adjourned at 12:17 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, January 4, 
2022. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting 
Majority Leader in today's Record on page S2.)


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