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




                     NOMINATION OF ERROLL SOUTHERS

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, as in executive session, I ask unanimous 
consent that the nomination of Erroll Southers to be Assistant 
Secretary of Homeland Security be referred to the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation; that upon the reporting out or 
discharge of the nomination, it then be referred to the Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs Committee for a period not to exceed 
30 calendar days; that if the Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs Committee has not reported the nomination at that time, then 
the Committee be discharged and the nomination be placed on the 
Executive Calendar.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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