Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations: 470, 567, 569, 618, 619, 620, 622, 623, 625 through 633, 635, 636, 638, 639, 640, 641, 642, 648, 649, 652 through 657, 659, 660, 661, and the nominations placed on the Secretary's desk, that the nominations be confirmed, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action, and any statements be printed in the RECORD PEACE CORPS Gaddi H. Vasquez, of California, to be Director of the Peace Corps.
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Corrected Story: Senator Harry Reid calls for Executive Session to Confirm Gaddi Vasquez as Peace Corps Director
EXECUTIVE SESSION -- (Senate - January 25, 2002)
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EXECUTIVE CALENDAR
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations: 470, 567, 569, 618, 619, 620, 622, 623, 625 through 633, 635, 636, 638, 639, 640, 641, 642, 648, 649, 652 through 657, 659, 660, 661, and the nominations placed on the Secretary's desk, that the nominations be confirmed, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action, and any statements be printed in the RECORD.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The nominations considered and confirmed en bloc are as follows:
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Thomas M. Sullivan, of Massachusetts, to be Chief Counsel for Advocacy, Small Business Administration.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Christopher Bancroft Burnham, of Connecticut, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of State.
Christopher Bancroft Burnham, of Connecticut, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Resource Management). (New Position)
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Harold Craig Manson, of California, to be Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Michael Smith, of Oklahoma, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Fossil Energy).
Beverly Cook, of Idaho, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Environment, Safety and Health).
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Rebecca W. Watson, of Montana, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
Jeffrey D. Jarrett, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
William R. Brownfield, of Texas, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic and Chile.
John V. Hanford III, of Virginia, to be Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom.
Donna Jean Hrinak, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Ministery, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Federative Republic of Brazil.
James David McGee, of Florida, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Swaziland.
Kenneth P. Moorefield, of Florida, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe.
Kenneth P. Moorefield, of Florida, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Gabonese Republic.
John D. Ong, of Ohio, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Norway.
Earl Norfleet Phillips, Jr., of North Carolina, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Barbados, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
John Price, of Utah, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Mauritus, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Federal and Islamic Republic of the Comoros and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Seychelles.
Charles S. Shapiro, of Georgia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
Arthur E. Dewey, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Population, Refugees, and Migration).
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Frederick W. Schieck, of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development.
Adolfo A. Franco, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development.
Roger P. Winter, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development.
PEACE CORPS
Gaddi H. Vasquez, of California, to be Director of the Peace Corps.
Josephine K. Olsen, of Maryland, to be Deputy Director of the Peace Corps.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
David Preston York, of Alabama, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama for the term of four years.
Michael A. Battle, of New York, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of New York for a term of four years.
Dwight MacKay, of Montana, to be United States Marshal for the District of Montana for the term of four years.
Mauricio J. Tamargo, of Florida, to be Chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States for a term expiring September 30, 2003.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
B. John Williams, Jr., of Virginia, to be Chief Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service and an Assistant General Counsel in the Department of the Treasury.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Janet Hale, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services.
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Joan E. Ohl, of West Virginia, to be Commissioner on Children, Youth, and Families, Department of Health and Human Services.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Richard Clarida, of Connecticut, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
James B. Lockhart, III, of Connecticut, to be Deputy Commissioner of Social Security for a term of six years.
Harold Daub, of Nebraska, to be a Member of the Social Security Advisory Board for the remainder of the term expiring September 30, 2006.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Everet Beckner, of New Mexico, to be Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, National Nuclear Security Administration.
Nominations Placed on the Secretary's Desk
FOREIGN SERVICE
PN1245 Foreign Service nominations (127) beginning Patrick C. Hughes, and ending Mason Yu, which nominations were received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of November 27, 2001.
PN1246 Foreign Service nominations (159) beginning Kathleen T. Albert, FL, and ending Sunghwan Yi, which nominations were received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of November 27, 2001.
PN1141-1 Foreign Service nominations (149) beginning Shaun Edward Donnelly, and ending Charles R. Wills, which nominations were received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of October 16, 2001.
NOMINATION OF MICHAEL SMITH
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Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I am pleased to stand before the Senate today to wholeheartedly endorse the nomination of Mike Smith to be the Assistant Secretary of Energy for Fossil Energy.
Mike is a red-white-and-blue American. He has an outstanding pedigree including the good common sense to come from the great State of Oklahoma. In fact, in his own words, ``I was born and raised in the middle of the Oklahoma City Field and attended the only high school in the Nation with a producing oil well in the middle of the front sidewalk.''
Mike then proudly donned the crimson and cream of the University of Oklahoma for 7 years while earning his undergraduate and law degrees.
Immediately thereafter, he patriotically donned Army green during the Vietnam war.
As an attorney he has represented oil and gas workers, drilling contractors, service companies, exploration firms, independents, and, ultimately, larger operators.
He knows business, too, having run a small, independent oil and gas company in central and western Oklahoma. He has served on the board of directors of the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association and been its president.
Moreover, Mike Smith brings to the Department of Energy an excellent background in government service. He served on the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board, a State agency, providing environmental cleanup and public education, voluntarily funded by our State's producers and royalty owners.
Mike served under the sky blue and buckskin tan flag of Oklahoma when Gov. Frank Keating appointed him to be Oklahoma's Secretary of Energy. In that capacity Mike served my State as its official representative to the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, the Interstate Mining Compact Commission, the Southern States Energy Board, and the Governors' Ethanol Coalition.
President Bush has assembled a banner group to assist him in running the Department of Energy, beginning with my friend and former colleague, Secretary Spence Abraham. Mike Smith is of the highest caliber and another true-blue selection by President Bush.
I am proud of my fellow Oklahoman. I am excited to work closely with him to develop our national energy policy, particularly to ensure adequate supplies of affordable and clean energy.
America's energy strengths derive from the rich natural bounty of our coal, our natural gas, and our oil, as well as from our blessed human ingenuity fostered by America's free market.
I am proud to testify to my fellow Americans that America's energy strengths will be handled with flying colors by the ingenuity of Oklahoman Mike Smith.
Mr. REID. Mr. President, as the majority leader indicated earlier today, we have confirmed, I believe, 43 nominations including action on today's 2 judges. That is really a good piece of work for the week.
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