[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12446]
[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 for the en bloc consideration of the 
following nominations: Executive Calendar Nos. 61, 63, 162, 174, 194, 
246, 248, and 249.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the nominations.
  The legislative clerk read the nominations of Elaine McCusker, of 
Virginia, to be a Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense; Robert 
Daigle, of Virginia, to be Director of Cost Assessment and Program 
Evaluation, Department of Defense; Robert R. Hood, of Georgia, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Defense; Richard V. Spencer, of Wyoming, to be 
Secretary of the Navy; Ryan McCarthy, of Illinois, to be Under 
Secretary of the Army; Lucian Niemeyer, of Pennsylvania, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Defense; Matthew P. Donovan, of Virginia, to be 
Under Secretary of the Air Force; and Ellen M. Lord, of Rhode Island, 
to be Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and 
Logistics.
  Thereupon, the Senate proceeded to consider the nominations en bloc.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
vote on the nominations en bloc with no intervening action or debate; 
that if confirmed, the motions to reconsider be considered made and 
laid upon the table en bloc; that no further motions be in order; that 
any statements relating 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. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the McCusker, 
Daigle, Hood, Spencer, McCarthy, Niemeyer, Donovan, and Lord 
nominations en bloc?
  The nominations were confirmed en bloc.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, for the information of Senators, the 
Senate just confirmed eight nominees for the Defense Department.

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