October 2, 2008 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S10501 

John F. Berry, of Michigan 

Timothy A. Betts, of California 

James A. Boughner, of Washington 

William Brent Christensen, of Oregon 

Carl S. Cockburn, of Florida 

Jonathan Raphael Cohen, of California 

Maureen E. Cormack, of Illinois 

John S. Creamer, of Virginia 

Mark J. Davidson, of New Jersey 

Jeffrey F. DeLaurentis, of New York 

Laura Farnsworth Dogu, of Texas 

Walter Douglas, of Nevada 

Catherine I. Ebert-Gray, of Colorado 

John J. Finnegan, Jr., of Virginia 

Miachael J. Fitzpatrick, of Florida 

Valerie L. Fowler, of Washington 

Carlos Garcia, of Florida 

Thomas B. Gibbons, of Virginia 

Daniel Edward Goodspeed, of Virginia 

Lawrence J. Gumbiner, of California 

Blair P. Hall, of the District of Columbia 

Daniel J. Hall, of Texas 

Brent R. Hartley, of Maryland 

Stuart M. Hatcher, of Virginia 

William A. Heidt, of California 

Debra P. Heien, of Washington 

James William Herman, of Washington 

Charles F. Hunter, of the District of Columbia 

Karen E. Johnson, of Texas 

Russell Warren Jones, Jr., of Illinois 

Geraldine L. Kam, of California 

Steven B. Kashkett, of Florida 

Elizabeth Cooper Kauffman, of Florida 

Sung Y. Kim, of California 

Laura Jean Kirkconnell, of Florida 

Philip S. Kosnett, of North Carolina 

Robert R. Kuntz II, of California 

Mary Beth Leonard, of the District of Columbia 

Earle D. Litzenberger, of California 

Naomi Emerson Lyew, of Pennsylvania 

William John Martin, of California 

Raymond D. Maxwell, of North Carolina 

Elizabeth Kay Webb Mayfield, of Texas 

Victoria Sharon Middleton, of Virginia 

Jeffrey A. Moon, of Florida 

Jonathan M. Moore, of Illinois 

Wendela C. Moore, of Virginia 

Tulinabo Salama Mushingi, of Virginia 

Julieta Valls Noyes, of Florida 

Julie H. Nutter, of Pennsylvania 

Mary Monica O’Keefe, of Virginia 

Theodore G. Osius, of the District of Columbia 

Joseph M. Pomper, of Connecticut 

Michael A. Raynor, of Maryland 

Bruce David Rogers, of California 

Sara A. Rosenberry, of Virginia 

Christopher John Rowan, of Tennessee 

Julie Ann Ruterbories, of Texas 

Sue Ellen Saarnio, of Virginia 

Michael R. Schimmel, of Michigan 

Todd P. Schwartz, of Ohio 

Kristen B. Skipper, of California 

Dana Shell Smith, of California 

Kurt D. Volker, of the District of Columbia 

Paul Allen Wedderien, of California 

Uzra S. Zeya, of Florida 

Susan L. Ziadeh, of Washington 

Benjamin G. Ziff, of California 

Jane Buchmiller Zimmerman, of Virginia 

Career Members of the Senior Foreign 

Service, Class of Counselor, and Consular Officers and Secretaries in the Diplomatic 

Service of the United States of America: 

Aziz Ahmed, of Virginia 

Douglas A. Allison, of Virginia 

James Patrick Bacigalupo, of New York 

Richard L. Boohaker, of Florida 

Michael B. Bretz, of Florida 

Todd James Brown, of Virginia 

Panakkal David, of New York 

John M. Davis, of Virginia 

Edmund J. Gagliardi, Jr., of Pennsylvania 

Leon G. Galanos, Jr., of New Hampshire 

Timothy G. Haley, of Texas 

Daniel Barrett Hogan, of Virginia 

Martin Fortune Kraus, of Maryland 

Daniel R. Muhm, of Washington 

Joseph Michael Pate, of Tennessee 

Steve G. Romero, of Virginia 

David J. Schnorbus, of New York 

Christian J. Schurman, of Virginia 

Charles J. Slater, of Florida 

Walter D. Storm, of Washington 

Xavier Vazquez, of New York 

UNITED STATES MARSHAL FOR THE EASTERN

DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY

Dennis Michael Klein, of Kentucky, to be 

United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Kentucky for the term of four years, 

vice John Schickel, resigned. 

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LEGISLATIVE SESSION 

UNANIMOUS CONSENT 

AGREEMENT—S. 3001 

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that if the Senate receives from the House a correcting resolution to correct the enrollment of S. 

3001 that is identical to the matter 

which is currently at the desk, then it 

be considered to have been agreed to 

and the motion to reconsider be laid 

upon the table; that if the House concurrent resolution is not identical, 

then this order be vitiated. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

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CONVENING OF THE 111th 

CONGRESS 

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to 

the immediate consideration of H.J. 

Res. 100, convening of the 111th Congress. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The joint 

resolution will be stated by title. 

The legislative clerk read as follows: 

A joint resolution (H.J. Res. 100) appointing the day for the convening of the first session of the One Hundred Eleventh Congress 

and establishing the date for the counting of 

the electoral votes for President and Vice 

President cast by the electors in December 

2008. 

There being no objection, the Senate 

proceeded to consider the joint resolution. 

Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent 

the joint resolution be read three 

times, passed, the motion to reconsider 

be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

The joint resolution (H.J. Res. 100) 

was ordered to a third reading, was 

read the third time, and passed. 

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I suggest 

the absence of a quorum. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The 

clerk will call the roll. 

The legislative clerk proceeded to 

call the roll. 

Mr. LEVIN. I ask unanimous consent 

that the order for the quorum call be 

rescinded. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

EXECUTIVE SESSION 

EXECUTIVE CALENDAR 

Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I ask 

unanimous consent that the Senate 

proceed to executive session to consider Executive Calendar No. 756, that 

the nomination be confirmed and the 

motion to reconsider be laid upon the 

table, that no further motions be in 

order, that any statements relating to 

the nomination be printed in the 

RECORD, the President be immediately 

notified of the Senate’s action, and the 

Senate resume legislative session. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

The nomination considered and confirmed is as follows: 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Jeffrey Leigh Sedgwick, of Massachusetts, 

to be an Assistant Attorney General. 

Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, today, 

the Senate confirmed five more executive nominations that were reported by 

the Judiciary Committee, including 

the nomination of Greg Garre to be Solicitor General of the United States, 

one of the highest and most prestigious 

positions at the Department of Justice. 

The nominations considered today 

also include Jeffrey Leigh Sedgwick to 

run the Department’s Office of Justice 

Programs, George W. Venables to be 

United States Marshal for the Southern District of California, Brian 

Albritton to be United States Attorney 

for the Middle District of Florida, and 

another that I have agreed to discharge 

from Committee: Dennis Michael Klein 

to be United States Marshal for the 

Eastern District of Kentucky. I thank 

Senator KENNEDY for his expedited consideration of Mr. KLEIN’s nomination. 

He has long been focused on maintaining the qualifications of those appointed to be U.S. Marshals. 

We tried as well to move forward 

with the President’s nominations to 

the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board and the Sentencing Commission, but Republican holds prevented us from making progress and 

confirming President Bush’s nominees 

to those important posts. 

After today’s confirmations, we have 

confirmed 40 executive nominations 

this Congress, including the confirmations of 13 U.S. attorneys, 9 U.S. marshals, a member of the U.S. Sentencing 

Commission, another Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, Associate Attorney General, and Solicitor 

General. Eighteen of those nominations will have been confirmed this 

year alone, despite this being a Presidential election year. 

Of course, we have considered these 

executive nominations while simultaneously moving forward with the confirmation of dozens of President Bush’s 

judicial nominations. I have spoken 

many times about the partisan actions 

of the Republican-led Senate that created a judicial vacancies crisis by not 

considering circuit court nominees in 

1996, 1997 and 1998. Those years included 


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