[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 62 (Thursday, April 7, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S2105]
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                             CONFIRMATIONS

  Executive nominations confirmed by the Senate April 7, 2022:


                        AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

       OREN E. WHYCHE-SHAW, OF MARYLAND, TO BE UNITED STATES 
     DIRECTOR OF THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK FOR A TERM OF FIVE 
     YEARS.


                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

       JED DAVID KOLKO, OF CALIFORNIA, TO BE UNDER SECRETARY OF 
     COMMERCE FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS.
       ARUN VENKATARAMAN, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, TO BE 
     ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF COMMERCE AND DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE 
     UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN COMMERCIAL SERVICE.


                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

       MOHSIN RAZA SYED, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE AN ASSISTANT SECRETARY 
     OF TRANSPORTATION.


                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

       GRANT T. HARRIS, OF CALIFORNIA, TO BE AN ASSISTANT 
     SECRETARY OF COMMERCE.
       LAURIE E. LOCASCIO, OF MARYLAND, TO BE UNDER SECRETARY OF 
     COMMERCE FOR STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY.


         INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

       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.


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       STEVEN H. FAGIN, OF NEW JERSEY, 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 YEMEN.


                   SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

       KETANJI BROWN JACKSON, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, TO BE 
     AN ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED 
     STATES.


                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

       ERIK KRISTOPHER RAVEN, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, TO BE 
     UNDER SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.
       WILLIAM A. LAPLANTE, JR., OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO BE UNDER 
     SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR ACQUISITION AND SUSTAINMENT.

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