[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 1678]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              APPOINTMENT

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. For the information of the Senate, the Chair 
makes the following announcement:
  The President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House 
of Representatives, pursuant to the provisions of 201(a)(2) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, have appointed Dr. Peter R. Orszag as 
Director of the Congressional Budget Office effective immediately for 
the term expiring January 3, 2011.
  The Senator from South Dakota is recognized.
  Mr. THUNE. I thank the Chair.
  (The remarks of Mr. Thune and Mr. Salazar pertaining to the 
introduction of S. 331 are located in today's Record under ``Statements 
on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions.'')
  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I yield the floor, and I suggest the 
absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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