[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 10570]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

  The following executive reports of nominations were submitted:

       By Mr. INOUYE for the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       *April S. Boyd, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
     Assistant Secretary of Commerce.
       *Cameron F. Kerry, of Massachusetts, to be General Counsel 
     of the Department of Commerce.
       *Robert S. Rivkin, of Illinois, to be General Counsel of 
     the Department of Transportation.
       *Roy W. Kienitz, of Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary of 
     Transportation for Policy.
       *Peter H. Appel, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the 
     Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Department 
     of Transportation.
       *Dana G. Gresham, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
     Assistant Secretary of Transportation.
       *Joseph C. Szabo, of Illinois, to be Administrator of the 
     Federal Railroad Administration.
       *Sherburne B. Abbott, of Texas, to be an Associate Director 
     of the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
       *Coast Guard nomination of Vice Adm. David P. Pekoske, to 
     be Vice Admiral.
       *Coast Guard nomination of Rear Adm. John P. Currier, to be 
     Vice Admiral.
       *Coast Guard nomination of Capt. Robert E. Day, Jr., to be 
     Rear Admiral (Lower Half).
       *Coast Guard nomination of Rear Adm. Jody A. Breckenridge, 
     to be Vice Admiral.

  Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, for the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation I report favorably the following nomination lists 
which were printed in the Records on the dates indicated, and ask 
unanimous consent, to save the expense of reprinting on the Executive 
Calendar that these nominations lie at the Secretary's desk for the 
information of Senators.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

       *Coast Guard nomination of Michael J. McNeil, to be 
     Lieutenant Commander.
       *Coast Guard nomination of Desarae A. Janszen, to be 
     Lieutenant Commander.
       By Mrs. BOXER for the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       *Regina McCarthy, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
       By Mr. LEAHY for the Committee on the Judiciary.
       R. Gil Kerlikowske, of Washington, to be Director of 
     National Drug Control Policy.
       Ronald H. Weich, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
     Assistant Attorney General.

  *Nomination was reported with recommendation that it be confirmed 
subject to the nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear 
and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
  (Nominations without an asterisk were reported with the 
recommendation that they be confirmed.)

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