[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 1384]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT

  The VICE PRESIDENT. The Chair lays before the Senate the certificate 
of appointment to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of former 
Senator Ken Salazar of Colorado. The certificate, the Chair is advised, 
is in the form suggested by the Senate.
  Since there is no objection, the reading of the certificate will be 
waived and will be printed in full in the Record.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

                           State of Colorado


                       Certificate of Appointment

     To the President of the Senate of the United States:
       This is to certify that, pursuant to the power vested in me 
     by the Constitution of the United States and the laws of the 
     State of Colorado, I, Bill Ritter, Jr., the governor of said 
     State, do hereby appoint Michael F. Bennet a Senator from 
     said State to represent said State in the Senate of the 
     United States until the vacancy therein caused by the 
     resignation of Ken Salazar, is filled by election as provided 
     by law.
       Witness: His Excellency our Governor Bill Ritter, Jr., and 
     our seal hereto affixed at Denver, Colorado this 21st day of 
     January, in the year of our Lord 2009.
       By the Governor:
     Bill Ritter, Jr.,
       Governor.
     Bernie Buescher,
       Secretary of State.
     [State Seal Affixed]

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