[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 15316]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session; provided further, that the Agriculture 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of the following 
nomination: Richard Raymond; provided further that the Senate proceed 
to its consideration and the following nominations on the calendar en 
bloc: 192 and 193. I further ask that the nominations be confirmed en 
bloc, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, the President 
being immediately notified of the Senate's action, a colloquy be 
printed in the Record, and the Senate resume legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations considered and confirmed are as follows:


                       department of agriculture

       Richard A. Raymond, of Nebraska, to be Under Secretary of 
     Agriculture for Food Safety.


                         department of justice

       James B. Letten, of Louisiana, to be United States Attorney 
     for the Eastern District of Louisiana for the term of four 
     years.
       Rod J. Rosenstein, of Maryland, to be United States 
     Attorney for the District of Maryland for the term of four 
     years.

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