[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 16404]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. DeWINE. Mr. President, on behalf of the leader, I ask unanimous 
consent that the Senate immediately proceed to executive session to 
consider the following nomination on the executive calendar: No. 524.
  I further ask unanimous consent that the nomination be confirmed, the 
motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, any statements relating to 
the nomination be printed in the Record, the President be immediately 
notified of the Senate's action, and the Senate then return to 
legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nomination was considered and confirmed, as follows:


                          department of energy

       Mildred Spiewak Dresselhaus, of Massachusetts, to be 
     Director of the Office of Science, Department of Energy.

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