[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 76 (Thursday, May 2, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3305-S3306]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. SCHATZ. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations en 
bloc: Calendar Nos. 423, 207, 271, 484, 519, 485, 577, 580, 583, 584, 
586, 587, 588, 589, 591, 592; 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 the 
President be immediately notified of the Senate's action and the Senate 
resume legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the following 
nominations, en bloc: John Joseph Sullivan, of Maryland, to be a Member 
of the Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace for a 
term of four years; Stephanie Syptak-Ramnath, of Texas, a Career Member 
of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be 
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
America to the Republic of Peru; Cynthia Kierscht, of Minnesota, 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 Djibouti; Joann M. Lockard, 
of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of 
Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the 
United States of America to Burkina Faso; Cardell Kenneth Richardson, 
Sr., of Virginia, to be

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Inspector General, Department of State; Robert David Gioia, of New 
York, to be a Commissioner on the part of the United States on the 
International Joint Commission, United States and Canada; Laura Stone, 
of Utah, 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 the Marshall 
Islands; Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir, of Connecticut, 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 Indonesia; Jennifer M. Adams, of Virginia, a Career 
Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be 
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
America to the Republic of Cabo Verde; Arthur W. Brown, 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 Ecuador; Richard 
Mills, Jr., of Georgia, 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 Nigeria; Lisa Peterson, of Virginia, 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 Burundi; 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; Elizabeth Rood, 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 Turkmenistan; 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; and Pamela 
M. Tremont, of Virginia, 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 
Zimbabwe?

  The nominations were confirmed en bloc.

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