[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 5 (Friday, January 7, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
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                                            Friday, January 7, 2022

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S83-S101
Measures Introduced: One bill was introduced, as follows: S. 3447. 
                                                         Pages S100-101
Bose Nomination: Senate continued consideration of the nomination of 
Amitabha Bose, of New Jersey, to be Administrator of the Federal 
Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation.    
  Pages S85-100
Davidson Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that at approximately 3 p.m., on Monday, January 10, 
2022, Senate resume consideration of the nomination of Alan Davidson, 
of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications 
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  Page S101
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Summer Kristine Mersinger, of South Dakota, to be a Commissioner of 
the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for the remainder of the term 
expiring April 13, 2023.
  Caroline D. Pham, of New York, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission for a term expiring April 13, 2027.
  Musetta Tia Johnson, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States 
Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces for a term of fifteen years to 
expire on the date prescribed by law.
  Ventris C. Gibson, of Virginia, to be Director of the Mint for a term 
of five years.
  Rebecca E. Jones Gaston, of Oregon, to be Commissioner on Children, 
Youth, and Families, Department of Health and Human Services.
  January Contreras, of Arizona, to be Assistant Secretary for Family 
Support, Department of Health and Human Services.
  Caroline Kennedy, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Commonwealth 
of Australia.
  Michelle Kwan, of California, to be Ambassador to Belize.
  Robert A. Wood, of New York, to be Alternate Representative of the 
United States of America for Special Political Affairs in the United 
Nations, with the rank of Ambassador.
  A routine list in the Army.                                 
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Nominations Withdrawn: Senate received notification of withdrawal of 
the following nominations:
  Clayborne Carson, of California, to be a Member of the Civil Rights 
Cold Case Records Review Board, which was sent to the Senate on June 
17, 2021.
  Robert Garcia, of California, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees 
of the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation for a term expiring 
December 10, 2023, which was sent to the Senate on June 24, 2021.
  Robert Otto Burciaga Valdez, of New Mexico, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, which was sent to the Senate on 
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Executive Communications:                                     
  Page S100
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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Additional Statements:
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon and adjourned at 3:09 p.m., 
until 3 p.m. on Monday, January 10, 2022. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S101.)