[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 19008]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate 
immediately proceed to executive session to consider the following 
nominations on today's Executive Calendar, calendar 170, 211, 221, 222, 
226, 238, and 240, provided further that the following committees be 
discharged from further consideration of the list of nominations and 
the Senate proceed en bloc to their consideration. The HELP Committee: 
Henry Johnson, PN 572; Terrell Halaska, PN 685; Kevin Sullivan, PN 473; 
Bernice Phillips, PN 106; Thomas Fuentes, PN 105. Rules: Donetta 
Davidson, PN 749.
  I further ask unanimous consent that the nominations be confirmed en 
bloc, the motions to reconsider be laid on the table, 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 nominations considered and confirmed en bloc are as follows:


                         department of justice

       Rachel Brand, of Iowa, to be an Assistant Attorney General.


                    environmental protection agency

       Marcus C. Peacock, of Minnesota, to be Deputy Administrator 
     of the Environmental Protection Agency.
       David R. Hill, of Missouri, to be General Counsel of the 
     Department of Energy.
       Jill L. Sigal, of Wyoming, to be Assistant Secretary of 
     Energy (Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs).


                    department of homeland security

       Richard L. Skinner, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, 
     Department of Homeland Security.


                       department of the treasury

       Janice B. Gardner, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary 
     for Intelligence and Analysis, Department of the Treasury.
       John S. Redd, Georgia, to be Director of the National 
     Counterterrorism Center, Office of the Director of National 
     Intelligence.


                        department of education

       Henry Louis Johnson, of Mississippi, to be Assistant 
     Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education, Department 
     of Education.
       Terrell Halaska, of the District of Columbia, to be 
     Assistant Secretary for Legislation and Congressional 
     Affairs, Department of Education.
       Kevin F. Sullivan, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary 
     for Communications and Outreach, Department of Education.
       Bernice Phillips, of New York, to be a Member of the Board 
     of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation for a term 
     expiring July 13, 2005.
       Thomas A. Fuentes, of California, to be a Member of the 
     Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation for a 
     term expiring July 13, 2005.


                     election assistance commission

       Donetta Davidson, of Colorado, to be a Member of the 
     Election Assistance Commission for the remainder of the term 
     expiring December 12, 2007.

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