[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 15413]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed 
to executive session to consider Calendar No. 97, the nomination of 
Hilary Tompkins, to be Solicitor of the Department of the Interior; 
that the nomination be confirmed and the motion to reconsider be laid 
upon the table; that any statements relating to the nomination be 
printed at the appropriate place in the Record as if read, the 
President be immediately notified of the Senate's action, and the 
Senate then resume legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nomination considered and confirmed is as follows:


                       department of the interior

       Hilary Chandler Tompkins, of New Mexico, to be Solicitor of 
     the Department of the Interior.

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