[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 21631]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. PERDUE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations en 
bloc: Calendar Nos. 332, 333, 383, 424, 432, and 438.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the nominations en bloc:
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read the nominations of David 
Malcolm Robinson, of Connecticut, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign 
Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Coordinator for 
Reconstruction and Stabilization; David Malcolm Robinson, of 
Connecticut, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of 
Minister-Counselor, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Conflict and 
Stabilization Operations); Suzette M. Kimball, of West Virginia, to be 
Director of the United States Geological Survey; Carlos J. Torres, of 
Virginia, to be Deputy Director of the Peace Corps; Shoshana Miriam 
Lew, of the District of Columbia, to be Chief Financial Officer, 
Department of Transportation; and Patrick Joseph Murphy, of 
Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary of the Army.
  Thereupon, the Senate proceeded to consider the nominations en bloc.
  Mr. PERDUE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
vote en bloc without intervening action or debate on the nominations in 
the order listed; that following disposition of the nominations, the 
motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no 
intervening action or debate; that no further motions be in order to 
any of the nominations; that any statements related to the nominations 
be printed in the Record; that the President be immediately notified of 
the Senate's action and the Senate then resume legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Robinson, 
Kimball, Torres, Lew, and Murphy nominations en bloc?
  The nominations were confirmed en bloc.

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