[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 14458-14459]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENT--EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. REID. Madam President, we have spent considerable time this 
evening in a quorum call, but in spite of that, we have had a very 
productive legislative day. We have passed the conference report on 
corporate governance; the Appropriations Committee this afternoon 
reported the final four bills out of the Appropriations Committee; and 
we are finished with those and will bring them to the floor. We have 
gotten permission to go to the conference committee on terrorism, which 
we have been trying to do for weeks. There was significant progress 
made today with passage of the bankruptcy conference report, and there 
were other things.
  But finally, what I want to say, we will shortly approve in a matter 
of a few minutes, four members to the Securities and Exchange 
Commission. That goes hand and glove with the work we have done on 
corporate governance. We are going to approve Cynthia Glassman to be a 
member, Harvey Jerome Goldschmid to be a member, Roel C. Campos to be a 
member of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and Paul S. Atkins 
will also be approved. We have had a very successful day.
  For those watching, whether it is staff or people around the country, 
sometimes during the downtimes a lot of progress is made. Even as we 
speak, there is work being done to see if we can come up with a 
bipartisan amendment to handle the prescription drug problems that 
senior citizens have in America today. All in all, it was a good day 
for the country.
  I ask unanimous consent that immediately following the cloture vote 
tomorrow, Friday, the Senate proceed to executive session to consider 
Executive Calendar No. 826, Christopher C. Conner to be United States 
district judge; that the Senate vote immediately on confirmation of the 
nomination, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and any 
statements be printed at the appropriate place; that

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the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action, the 
Senate return to legislative session, and that the proceeding all occur 
without any intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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