[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 3506]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

  The following executive reports of nominations were submitted:

       By Mr. BIDEN for the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       *John D. Negroponte, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of 
     State.
       By Mr. LEAHY for the Committee on the Judiciary.
       Norman Randy Smith, of Idaho, to be United States Circuit 
     Judge for the Ninth Circuit.
       Nora Barry Fischer, of Pennsylvania, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
       Marcia Morales Howard, of Florida, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Middle District of Florida.
       John Alfred Jarvey, of Iowa, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Southern District of Iowa.
       Sara Elizabeth Lioi, of Ohio, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Northern District of Ohio.

  *Nomination was reported with recommendation that it be confirmed 
subject to the nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear 
and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
  (Nominations without an asterisk were reported with the 
recommendation that they be confirmed.)

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