[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Page 22096]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              APPOINTMENTS

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair announces, on behalf of the majority 
leader, pursuant to P.L. 110-229, the appointment of the following to 
be members of the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a 
National Museum of the American Latino: Dr. Emma Sepulveda of Nevada 
vice Katherine Archuleta of Colorado.
  The Chair announces, on behalf of the minority leader, pursuant to 
the provisions of S. Res. 105, adopted April 13, 1989, as amended by S. 
Res. 149, adopted October 5, 1993, as amended by Public Law 105-275, 
adopted October 21, 1998, further amended by S. Res. 75, adopted March 
25, 1999, amended by S. Res. 383, adopted October 27, 2000, and amended 
by S. Res. 355, adopted November 13, 2002, and further amended by S. 
Res. 480, adopted November 21, 2004, the appointment of the following 
Senator as a member of the Senate National Security Working Group for 
the 111th Congress: the Honorable Lindsey Graham of South Carolina (co-
chairman).
  Mr. REID. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, first of all, I appreciate very much the 
patience of the Presiding Officer and all the staff.
  In prior years, before you arrived in the Senate, I used to spend a 
lot of time on the floor when I was the whip and we had one of the 
staff here who talked about how Senate time was dog time--1 minute is 
really 7 minutes. In fact, as his going away gift to me, my friend 
Jack, who was right down here, before he retired gave me a dog chain as 
a souvenir. I kept it in my desk here for years. But sometimes things 
take a long time to get worked out. It may not seem like much, but it 
took a long time to get this done.

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