[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Pages 10873-10874]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. DASCHLE. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations: 
Calendar Nos. 72, 97, and 107; that the nominations be confirmed, the 
motions to reconsider be laid on the table, that any statements thereon 
be printed in the Record, the President be immediately notified of the 
Senate's action, and the Senate return to legislative session.
  Before the Chair rules on this request, I want to add that we are 
prepared to clear four Treasury Department nominations on the calendar, 
as well as one military promotion. The remaining two nominations will 
require floor time and rollcall votes. We are working on those 
agreements. I simply note that because I have said from the very 
beginning of my tenure as majority leader that I am prepared to move 
nominations forward. We would have been prepared to move virtually all 
but two nominations.
  As I understand it, there are objections to the four Treasury 
Department nominations on the Republican side, as well as an objection 
to one military promotion. Given those objections, clearly we are not 
prepared to move to them today. It is not as a result of any particular 
objection on our side. We are

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prepared to move to them just as soon as the Republican matters can be 
resolved. I ask for their consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations were considered and confirmed as follows:


                         department of justice

       Charles A. James, Jr., of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
     Attorney General.


                   executive office of the president

       James Laurence Connaughton, of the District of Columbia, to 
     be a Member of the Council on Environmental Quality.


                    environmental protection agency

       Stephen L. Johnson, of Maryland, to be Assistant 
     Administrator for Toxic Substances of the Environmental 
     Protection Agency.

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