[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 15312-15313]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that we proceed 
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executive session to consider en bloc the following nominations: 
Calendar Nos. 201, 251, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 
288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 301, and 
302; that the nominees be confirmed, the motions to reconsider be laid 
upon the table, the President be immediately notified of the Senate's 
action, and the Senate then return to legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations considered and confirmed en bloc are as follows:


                         department of defense

       Jack Dyer Crouch, II, of Missouri, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary of Defense.


                     department of veterans affairs

       Gordon H. Mansfield, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Congressional Affairs).


                       department of agriculture

       Eric M. Bost, of Texas, to be a Member of the Board of 
     Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation.
       William T. Hawks, of Mississippi, to be a Member of the 
     Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation.
       Joseph J. Jen, of California, to be a Member of the Board 
     of Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation.
       James R. Moseley, of Indiana, to be a Member of the Board 
     of Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation.
       J.B. Penn, of Arkansas, to be a Member of the Board of 
     Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation.


                   securities and exchange commission

       Harvey Pitt, of North Carolina, to be a Member of the 
     Securities and Exchange Commission for the remainder of the 
     term expiring June 5, 2002.
       Harvey Pitt, of North Carolina, to be a Member of the 
     Securities and Exchange Commission for a term expiring June 
     5, 2007. (Reappointment)


                          department of energy

       Dan R. Brouillette, of Louisiana, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary of Energy (Congressional and Intergovernmental 
     Affairs).


                department of health and human services

       Josefina Carbonell, of Florida, to be Assistant Secretary 
     for Aging, Department of Health and Human Services.


                          department of state

       Sue McCourt Cobb, of Florida, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to Jamaica.
       Mercer Reynolds, of Ohio, to be Ambassador Extraordinary 
     and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to 
     Switzerland, and to serve concurrently and without additional 
     compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 
     of the United States of America to the Principality of 
     Liechtenstein.
       Russell F. Freeman, of North Dakota, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to Belize.
       Michael E. Guest, of South Carolina, 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 Romania.
       Stuart A. Bernstein, of the District of Columbia, to be 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to Denmark.
       Charles A. Heimbold, Jr., of Connecticut, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to Sweden.
       Jim Nicholson, of Colorado, to be Ambassador Extraordinary 
     and Plenipotentiary United States of America to the Holy See.
       Thomas J. Miller, 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 Greece.
       Larry C. Napper, of Texas, 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 Kazakhstan.
       Thomas C. Hubbard, of Tennessee, a Career Member of the 
     Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary United States of 
     America to the Republic of Korea.
       Marie T. Huhtala, of California, a Career Member of the 
     Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary United States of 
     America to Malaysia.
       Franklin L. Lavin, of Ohio, to be Ambassador Extraordinary 
     and Plenipotentiary United States of America to the Republic 
     of Singapore.
       Roger Francisco Noriega, of Kansas, to be Permanent 
     Representatives of the United States of America to the 
     Organization of American States, with the rank of Ambassador.
       Clark Kent Ervin, of Texas, to be Inspector General, 
     Department of State.


Nomination of John Walters to be the Director of the Office of National 
                          Drug Control Policy

  Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I want to turn to the nomination of John 
Walters, the President's choice for drug czar, who also deserves a 
confirmation hearing so he can offer his views on how to reduce drug 
abuse in our nation.
  With all the damage drugs are doing to our children and to adult 
Americans, why in the world is the Senate dragging its feet on even 
having a confirmation hearing for our nation's highest ranking drug 
policy official?
  John is uniquely qualified for the job of drug czar.
  He distinguished himself during the first Bush administration as 
Deputy Director for Supply Reduction, Chief of Staff and National 
Security Director, and Acting Director of the Office of National Drug 
Control Policy. During the administration of President Reagan, John 
served as Chief of Staff and Counselor to the Secretary of Education, 
as well as Assistant to the Secretary, the Secretary's Representative 
to the National Drug Policy Board, and the Secretary's Representative 
to the Domestic Policy Council's Health Policy Working Group.
  John is currently serving as president of the Philanthropy 
Roundtable, a national association of charitable donors who are doing 
great work in our communities. He was previously president of the New 
Citizenship Project, an organization created to promote greater civic 
participation in our national life.
  John also served on the Council on Crime in America, a bipartisan 
commission on violent crime co-chaired by Bill Bennett and President 
Carter's Attorney General Griffin Bell. And, in 1988, John created the 
Madison Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to early childhood 
education and drug abuse prevention.
  Mr. President, John Walters has now waited almost 2 months for a 
confirmation hearing. I urge my colleagues to move forward on his 
nomination.


  nomination of josefina carbonell to be assistant secretary for aging

  Mr. NELSON of Florida. Mr. President, I want to voice my enthusiastic 
support for Josefina Carbonell's nomination to be Assistant Secretary 
for Aging at the Department of Health and Human Services. She has 
served her community admirably, and is highly respected for her work 
with the Little Havana Activities and Nutrition Centers of Miami-Dade 
County. This is an organization she founded in 1972. Under her 
leadership, it has grown from a one-site project into the largest 
aging, health and nutrition program in Florida and the largest Hispanic 
geriatric health and human service organization in the nation. Today 
Little Havana operates twenty-one different sites, serving over 55,000 
registered clients. The program served over one million meals to 50,000 
older Americans in 2000, and now operate six senior centers and three 
adult care centers, and while providing services through numerous 
federal health-care and employment programs.
  As a young girl, Ms. Carbonell came to this country from Cuba and 
dedicated her life to serving her community. Her contributions to the 
well-being of the greater Miami community are well-known, and, I would 
say some have become legendary.
  Her many years living and working among South Florida's large senior 
population and her direct hands-on experience providing services for 
these citizens make her a superb choice to be Assistant Secretary for 
Aging at the Department of Health and Human Services.
  In Josefina Carbonell, our seniors will have an outstanding advocate 
in Washington. I look forward to working with her to improve both the 
quality of life for our senior citizens and the services we provide 
them.

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