[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 176 (Wednesday, October 25, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S5182]
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. CARDIN for the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       Herro Mustafa Garg, 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 Arab Republic of Egypt.
       Nominee: Herro Mustafa Garg.
       Post: Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt.
       (The following is a list of all members of my immediate 
     family and their spouses. 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:
       1. Self: None.
       2. Spouse: Ravneesh Garg: None.
                                  ____

       Richard H. Riley IV, 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 Federal Republic of Somalia.
       Nominee: Richard H. Riley IV.
       Post: Federal Republic of Somalia.
       (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, donee:
       Self: None.
       Spouse: None.
                                  ____

       Mark Toner, of Pennsylvania, 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 Liberia.
       Nominee: Mark Christopher Toner.
       Post: Liberia.
       (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:
       1. Self: None, N/A, N/A.
       2. Spouse: $250, 09/02/2020, Biden Victory Fund.
                                  ____

       Jacob J. Lew, of New York, to be Ambassador Extraordinary 
     and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the 
     State of Israel.
       Nominee: Jacob J Lew.
       Post: Ambassador to Israel.
       (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:
       Elissa Slotkin for Congress, $1000, April 2018, Biden for 
     President, $2800, October 2019, Elissa Slotkin for Congress, 
     $1000, February 2020, Khazei for Congress, $1000, February 
     2020, Biden for President, $2800, July 2020, Elissa Slotkin 
     for Congress, $1500, January 2020, Self.
       Biden for President, $2800, July 2020, Biden for President, 
     $2800, July 2020, Spouse.
                                  ____

       David E. White, Jr., of New York, to be Deputy Director of 
     the Peace Corps.
       Paul K. Martin, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, 
     United States Agency for International Development.

  Mr. CARDIN. 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 Andrew Edlefsen 
     and ending with Christopher Wilken, which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record on February 13, 2023.
       Foreign Service nominations beginning with Olutayo O. 
     Akingbe and ending with Kathy W. Yao, which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record on May 30, 2023.
       By Mr. SANDERS for the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
       *Monica M. Bertagnolli, of Massachusetts, to be Director of 
     the National Institutes of Health.
       *Charlotte A. Burrows, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
     Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for a 
     term expiring July 1, 2028.
       *Amanda Wood Laihow, of Maine, to be a Member of 
     Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission for a term 
     expiring April 27, 2029.
       *Erika L. McEntarfer, of the District of Columbia, to be 
     Commissioner of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor, for a 
     term of four 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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