[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 8392]
[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 that the Senate 
proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 33, the 
nomination of Gary Locke to be Secretary of Commerce; that the 
nomination be confirmed and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 
table; that no further motions be in order; that any statements 
relating to this nomination be printed in the Record; that the 
President be immediately notified of the Senate's action, and the 
Senate resume legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  The Chair hears none, and it is so ordered.
  The nomination considered and confirmed is as follows:


                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

       Gary Locke, of Washington, to be Secretary of Commerce.

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