[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 4237]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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               NOMINATIONS DISCHARGED--EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session; that the Rules Committee be discharged 
from further consideration of the following nominations: Rosemary 
Rodriguez and Caroline Hunter to be members of the Election Assistance 
Commission; that the nominations be confirmed and the motion to 
reconsider be laid upon the table; further, that the Senate then 
proceed to Executive Calendar No. 29, the nomination of Leon Sequeira 
to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor; that the nomination be confirmed 
and the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; that any statements 
be printed in the Record; that the President be immediately notified of 
the Senate's action; and the Senate return to legislative session.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, reserving the right to object, and I 
will not object, I want to take a moment to indicate my enthusiasm for 
the President's nomination of Leon Sequeira, a former member of my 
staff, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor, who is an outstanding 
individual and who I know will serve the administration and the country 
well in this new capacity.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, this new Assistant Secretary has a lot of 
good qualifications, but the most important was his employment record 
with the distinguished Republican leader.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations considered and confirmed are as follows:


                     ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION

  Rosemary Rodriquez and Caroline Hunter.


                          DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

       Leon R. Sequeira, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary 
     or Labor.

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