[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 23468]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              APPOINTMENTS

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair, on behalf of the President pro 
tempore, pursuant to Public Law 99-498, as amended by Public Law 110-
315, appoints the following individual to the Advisory Committee on 
Student Financial Assistance: Norman Bedford of Nevada.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair, on behalf of the Minority Leader, 
pursuant to Public Law 110-183, announces the appointment of the 
following individual as a member of the Commission on the Abolition of 
the Transatlantic Slave Trade: Rainier Spencer of Nevada.
  Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. SALAZAR. 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for the quorum call be rescinded.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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