[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Page 21424]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Senate proceed to executive session to consider Calendar Nos. 405, 419, 
and 420; that the nominations be confirmed en bloc and the motions to 
reconsider be laid upon the table en bloc; that no further motions be 
in order; that any statements relating to the nominations be printed in 
the Record; that the President be immediately notified of the Senate's 
action; and that the Senate then resume legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations considered and confirmed en bloc are as follows:


                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

       Anthony Marion Babauta, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary of the Interior.


                   EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

       Gary S. Guzy, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy 
     Director of the Office of Environmental Quality.


                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

       John R. Fernandez, of Indiana, to be Assistant Secretary of 
     Commerce for Economic Development.

  Mr. WHITEHOUSE. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  (The remarks of Mr. Whitehouse and Mr. Menendez are printed in 
today's Record under ``Remembering Senator Edward M. Kennedy.'')
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Jersey.

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