[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 53 (Thursday, March 24, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1786-S1787]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session and that the Senate Committee on 
Environment and Public Works be discharged from further consideration 
of PN1696, Chris Saunders, of Vermont, to be Federal Cochairperson of 
the Northern Border Regional Commission, and that the Senate consider 
the following nominations en bloc: PN1696 and Calendar Nos. 793, 731, 
462, 760, 788, 812, 813 and all nominations on the Secretary's desk in 
the Coast Guard and Foreign Service; that the Senate vote on the 
nominations en bloc without intervening action or debate; that the 
motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table; that 
any statements related to the nominations be printed in the Record; 
that the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action; and 
that the Senate resume legislative session.
  There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the 
Senate proceeded to consider the nominations en bloc.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Will the Senate advise and 
consent to the nominations en bloc of Chris Saunders, of Vermont, to be 
Federal Cochairperson of the Northern Border Regional Commission; 
Stacey Michelle Brandenburg, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board 
of Trustees of the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation for a term 
expiring December 10, 2025; Terrence Keith Wright, of Delaware, to be a 
Member of the Board of Trustees of the James Madison Memorial 
Fellowship Foundation for a term expiring May 29, 2025; Julieta Valls 
Noyes, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, 
Class of Career Minister, to be an Assistant Secretary of State 
(Population, Refugees, and Migration); Jodi Beth Herman, of Maryland, 
to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development; Erin Elizabeth McKee, of California, to be 
an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development; Douglas T. Hickey, of Idaho, to be 
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
America to the Republic of Finland; Alina L. Romanowski, of Illinois, a 
Career Member of the Senior Executive Service, to be Ambassador 
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to 
the Republic of Iraq; and all nominations on the Secretary's desk in 
the Coast Guard and Foreign Service, as follows: PN1827 COAST GUARD 
nomination of Min H. Kim, which was received by the Senate and appeared 
in the Congressional Record of March 7, 2022; PN1828 COAST GUARD 
nomination of Michael A. Cintron, which was received by the Senate and 
appeared in the Congressional Record of March 7, 2022; PN1810

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FOREIGN SERVICE nominations (306) beginning Bryan Patrick Abraham, and 
ending Matthew Zuccaro, which nominations were received by the Senate 
and appeared in the Congressional Record of February 28, 2022; and 
PN1811 FOREIGN SERVICE nominations (78) beginning Ranissa V. 
Adityavarman, and ending Todd R. Stone, which nominations were received 
by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of February 28, 
2022?
  The nominations were confirmed en bloc.

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