[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 1861]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations en 
bloc: Calendar Nos. 153, 148, 204, 263, 329, 375, and 421.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the nominations en bloc.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read the nominations of Sunil 
Sabharwal, of California, to be United States Alternate Executive 
Director of the International Monetary Fund for a term of two years; 
Azita Raji, of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and 
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of 
Sweden; Brian James Egan, of Maryland, to be Legal Adviser of the 
Department of State; Samuel D. Heins, of Minnesota, to be Ambassador 
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to 
the Kingdom of Norway; John L. Estrada, of Florida, to be Ambassador 
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to 
the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago; Thomas A. Shannon, Jr., of 
Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of 
Career Ambassador, to be an Under Secretary of State (Political 
Affairs); and David McKean, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador 
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to 
Luxembourg.
  Thereupon, the Senate proceeded to consider the nominations en bloc.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I know of no further debate on the 
nominations.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. If there is no further debate, the 
question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Sabharwal, Raji, 
Egan, Heins, Estrada, Shannon, and McKean nominations en bloc?
  The nominations were confirmed en bloc.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table en 
bloc, the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action, and 
the Senate then resume legislative session.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.

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