[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Page 22129]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     NOMINATION OF ALAN D. SOLOMONT

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President. I, Senator Chuck Grassley, intend to 
object to the proceeding to the nomination of Alan D. Solomont to be 
Ambassador to Spain and Andorra at the Department of State for the 
following reasons.
  I object to the proceeding to the nomination as I have yet to receive 
a full response to my letter(s) and document request(s). On June 12, 
2009, I sent a letter requesting specific documents from the 
Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS). Mr. Solomont is 
the chairman of CNCS's board of directors. My request called for 
documents relating to the firing of Gerald Walpin, the former inspector 
general at CNCS. Despite promises to be responsive under Mr. Solomont's 
leadership, CNCS has complied with my requests selectively, withholding 
entire categories of responsive documents and refusing to even provide 
a log to identify the particular documents being withheld and the 
specific reasons for withholding them.

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