[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 24557]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire. Mr. President, in executive session, I 
ask unanimous consent that the Agriculture Committee be discharged from 
further consideration of the following nomination; and further, the 
Senate proceed to its immediate consideration:
  Andrew Fish, to be Assistant Secretary of Agriculture.
  I further ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed, en bloc, to 
the following nominations on the calendar:
  Nos. 236, 250, 251, and 252.
  Finally, I ask unanimous consent that the nominations be confirmed, 
the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, that any statements 
relating to the nominations be printed in the Record, and the President 
be immediately notified of the Senate's action.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations considered and confirmed en bloc are as follows:


                       department of agriculture

       Andrew C. Fish, of Vermont, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
     Agriculture.


                       department of the treasury

       John D. Hawke, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be 
     Comptroller of the Currency for a term of five years.


                         department of justice

       Robert Raben, of Florida, to be an Assistant Attorney 
     General.
       Robert S. Mueller, III, of California, to be United States 
     Attorney for the Northern District of California for a term 
     of four years.
       John Hollingsworth Sinclair, of Vermont, to be United 
     States Marshal for the District of Vermont for the term of 
     four years.

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