[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Pages 12169-12170]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                         NOMINATIONS DISCHARGED

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session and that the Agriculture Committee be 
discharged en bloc from further consideration of PN230, PN268, PN356, 
and PN367; that the Senate then proceed en bloc to their consideration; 
that the nominations be confirmed and the motions to reconsider be laid 
upon the table en bloc; that no further motions be in order, and any 
statements relating to the nominations be printed in the Record; that 
the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations considered and confirmed en bloc are as follows:


                       department of agriculture

       Dallas P. Tonsager, of South Dakota, to be Under Secretary 
     of Agriculture for Rural Development.

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       Krysta Harden, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
     Agriculture.
       Rajiv J. Shah, of Washington, to be Under Secretary of 
     Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics.
       Pearlie S. Reed, of Arkansas, to be an Assistant Secretary 
     of Agriculture.

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