[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Pages 20790-20791]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



RENOMINATION OF CHAIRMAN LINDA J. MORGAN TO THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION 
                                 BOARD

  Mr. HOLLINGS. Mr. President, I rise today to applaud the renomination 
by the President of Linda J. Morgan to another term with the Surface 
Transportation Board, and his express intention to re-designate her as 
Chairman. Linda Morgan, who was with us on the Commerce Committee for 
several years, has been Chairman of the Board

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and its predecessor, the Interstate Commerce Commission, since 1995. 
Many times before, I have publicly praised the outstanding job she has 
done in steering the Board and the transportation sector through some 
very rough seas. Her intellect, knowledge, competence and experience 
continue to be indispensable to the resolution of the many issues that 
confront this key segment of the economy. And she has exhibited the 
kind of integrity, fairness, spirit, and work ethic that are essential 
to the proper exercise of the Board's important adjudicative functions.
  With this reappointment, the Senate has the opportunity to approve a 
first-rate leader and public servant--one of the best and brightest. I 
know that I will have the cooperation of all of my colleagues on the 
Commerce Committee and in the full Senate in expeditiously moving this 
outstanding nomination through to confirmation.

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