[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 11396]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             CONFIRMATIONS

  Executive nominations confirmed by the Senate Thursday, June 15, 
2006:


              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

       ROBERT M. COUCH, OF ALABAMA, TO BE PRESIDENT, GOVERNMENT 
     NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION.
       JAMES B. LOCKHART III, OF CONNECTICUT, TO BE DIRECTOR OF 
     THE OFFICE OF FEDERAL HOUSING ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT, 
     DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT FOR A TERM OF 
     FIVE YEARS.


                 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

       SHEILA C. BAIR, OF KANSAS, TO BE CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD 
     OF DIRECTORS OF THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION FOR 
     A TERM OF FIVE YEARS.
       SHEILA C. BAIR, OF KANSAS, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF 
     DIRECTORS OF THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION FOR A 
     TERM EXPIRING JULY 15, 2013.
       SHEILA C. BAIR, OF KANSAS, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF 
     DIRECTORS OF THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION FOR 
     THE REMAINDER OF THE TERM EXPIRING JULY 15, 2007.


                   SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

       KATHLEEN L. CASEY, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE 
     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING JUNE 
     5, 2011.

  The above nominations were approved subject to the nominees' 
commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly 
constituted committee of the Senate.