[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Pages 5861-5862]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       NOMINATION OF DAVID COHEN

  Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, shortly a UC request will be made to ask 
that the nomination of David Cohen to be Under Secretary for Terrorism, 
and Financial Crimes, U.S. Department of Treasury, be referred to the 
Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs after that nomination 
is reported by the Committee on Finance. I want to make it clear this 
action in no way should be taken to negate or diminish the jurisdiction 
of the Committee on Finance over this nomination. The Office of 
Terrorism and Financial Intelligence is a very important part of the 
Treasury Department, and the Committee on Finance has a fundamental 
interest to conduct oversight over that office, along with the entire 
department. I respect the interest my colleagues have in this important 
position, and in the interest of thorough oversight do not plan to 
object to the UC request. However, I want to stress that this UC 
request will only cover the specific nomination of David Cohen 
currently before the Committee on Finance, and does not apply to any 
other nomination of Mr. Cohen or of any person, including Mr. Cohen, to 
the Office of Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes.

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  Mr. HATCH. I second my chairman.
  Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota. We thank the chairman and ranking member 
of the Committee on Finance, and agree that this unanimous consent 
agreement is designed only to apply to this nomination, and not to 
future nominees for this position.
  Mr. SHELBY. I agree with Chairman Johnson.

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