[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12172]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             CONFIRMATIONS

  Executive nominations confirmed by the Senate, Tuesday, May 12, 2009:


                    DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

       WILLIAM CRAIG FUGATE, OF FLORIDA, TO BE ADMINISTRATOR OF 
     THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF 
     HOMELAND SECURITY.


                    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

       CYNTHIA J. GILES, OF RHODE ISLAND, TO BE AN ASSISTANT 
     ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.
       MATHY STANISLAUS, OF NEW JERSEY, TO BE ASSISTANT 
     ADMINISTRATOR, OFFICE OF SOLID WASTE, ENVIRONMENTAL 
     PROTECTION AGENCY.
       MICHELLE DEPASS, OF NEW YORK, TO BE AN ASSISTANT 
     ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.


                    DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

       JOHN MORTON, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE AN ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF 
     HOMELAND SECURITY.

  The above nominations were approved subject to the nominees' 
commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly 
constituted Committee of the Senate.


                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

       DALLAS P. TONSAGER, OF SOUTH DAKOTA, TO BE UNDER SECRETARY 
     OF AGRICULTURE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT.
       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.