S10768 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE November 20, 2008 

Carol L. McDaniel 

To be nurse director 

Holly A. Williams 

To be senior nurse officer 

Ann M. McCarthy 

To be nurse officer 

Kristal E. Dye 

Susan E. Erwin 

Martin A. Foreman 

Brant B. Goode 

Veronica M. Gordon 

Jerri L. McGinnis 

Dorothy R. Merchant 

Elvira D. Mosely 

Rebecca S. Noe 

Arlene M. Patuc 

Carolyn R. Stacy-Wilkin 

Debra Tubbs 

To be senior assistant nurse officer 

Anne M. Arceo 

Helen E. Ballantyne 

Demetrius Chapman 

Summer A. Cutting 

Dan Fletcher III 

Melissa A. George 

Shawna L. Hutchins 

Deborah N. Lamping 

To be engineer officer 

Jeffrey A. Murray 

To be senior assistant engineer officer 

Varsha B. Savalia 

To be scientist 

David J. McIntyre 

Danisha L. Robbins 

To be senior environmental health officer 

Paul M. Lewis 

To be environmental health officer 

Brian L. Lewelling 

Mathew J. Thomas 

John T. Whitesides 

To be senior assistant environmental health 

officer 

Jeffrey T. Dickson 

Molly E. Patton 

To be pharmacist 

Steven A. Labrozzi 

Judy L. Rose 

Jamie L. Shaddon 

To be senior assistant pharmacist 

Kristina J. Ballinger 

Jefferson Fredy 

Katie E. Johnson 

Randi R. Lanier 

Jeffrey J. Mallette 

Lori B. Moore 

Allison M. Paynter 

Vincent S. Sansone 

Courtney M. Suggs 

Judith B. Thompson 

Leo B. Zadecky 

To be senior assistant therapist 

James M. Cowher 

To be health services officer director 

Clifford D. Brown 

To be health services officer 

Irwin W. Fish 

To be senior assistant health services officer 

Julia H. Bryan 

Alnissa T. Carter 

Michael C. Clay 

Martha S. Fermin 

Lori A. Goodman 

Rachael Trimpert Schmidt 

Cameron C. Scott 

Michael R. Tilus 

Emily J. Williams 

To be junior assistant health services officer 

Kristi R. Anderson 

Keren Arkin 

Sarah E. Coleman 

Matthew R. Daab 

James C. Decker 

Dimana Dimitrova 

Elizabeth A. Franklin 

David M. Gianferante 

Marilou Gonzalez 

Rebecca Hardy 

Amy J. Hatcher 

Sara A. Kierpiec 

Tina Pattaratornkosohn 

Jeffrey R. Strich 

Xi Hua Yang 

John I. Young 

JUDICIARY

Alfred S. Irving, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for 

the term of fifteen years. 

Kathryn A. Oberly, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals for the 

term of fifteen years. 

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LEGISLATIVE SESSION 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under 

the previous order, the Senate will now 

return to legislative session. 

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DR. WALTER CARL GORDON, JR. 

POST OFFICE BUILDING 

Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask 

unanimous consent that the Senate 

proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 6859, which is at the desk. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The 

clerk will report the bill by title. 

The legislative clerk read as follows: 

A bill (H.R. 6859) to designate the facility 

of the United States Postal Service located 

at 1501 South Slappey Boulevard in Albany, 

Georgia, as the ‘‘Dr. Walter Carl Gordon, Jr. 

Post Office Building.’’ 

There being no objection, the Senate 

proceeded to consider the bill. 

Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask 

unanimous consent that the bill be 

read three times and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 

table, with no intervening action or debate, and any statements relating 

thereto be printed in the RECORD. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

The bill (H.R. 6859) was ordered to a 

third reading, was read the third time, 

and passed. 

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JOSEPH A. RYAN POST OFFICE 

BUILDING 

Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask 

unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be discharged from 

further consideration of S. 3681 and 

that the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

The clerk will report the bill by title. 

The legislative clerk read as follows: 

A bill (S. 3681) to designate the facility of 

the United States Postal Service located at 

5070 Vegas Valley Drive in Las Vegas, Nevada, as the ‘‘Joseph A. Ryan Post Office 

Building.’’ 

There being no objection, the Senate 

proceeded to consider the bill. 

Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask 

unanimous consent that the bill be 

read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 

table, with no intervening action or debate, and any statements related to the 

bill be printed in the RECORD. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

The bill (S. 3681) was ordered to be 

engrossed for a third reading, was read 

the third time, and passed, as follows: 

S. 3681 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in 

Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. JOSEPH A. RYAN POST OFFICE 

BUILDING. 

(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the 

United States Postal Service located at 5070 

Vegas Valley Drive in Las Vegas, Nevada, 

shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Joseph A. Ryan Post Office Building’’. 

(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, 

map, regulation, document, paper, or other 

record of the United States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to 

be a reference to the ‘‘Joseph A. Ryan Post 

Office Building’’. 

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AUTHORIZING A COST OF LIVING 

ADJUSTMENT FOR THE FEDERAL 

JUDICIARY 

Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask 

unanimous consent that the Senate 

proceed to the immediate consideration of S. 3711, introduced earlier 

today. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The 

clerk will report the bill by title. 

The legislative clerk read as follows: 

A bill (S. 3711) to authorize a cost of living 

adjustment for the Federal judiciary. 

There being no objection, the Senate 

proceeded to consider the bill. 

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I rise to express support for a bill introduced by 

myself, the minority leader, and others 

to provide a cost-of-living salary adjustment to Federal judges. 

The Framers of our Constitution 

were men of great vision and foresight. 

One of their great innovations was the 

establishment of an independent judiciary, which is to function as a coequal 

branch of government. 

The Framers knew that justice and 

the rule of law would only prevail if 

judges are free from executive and legislative interference. In order to preserve the autonomy of judges, the 

Framers established safeguards. One of 

these safeguards was the assurance 

that judicial pay could not be diminished during a judge’s service on the 

bench. This safeguard was important 

enough that it was included in the first 

section of article III of the Constitution. 

Unfortunately, in terms of real dollars, we in Congress have allowed judicial pay to dwindle. Since 1969, the salaries of Federal judges have significantly declined when adjusted for inflation. The Office of the United States 

Courts estimates judicial pay has declined by 25 percent. 

Preserving judicial integrity is a bipartisan goal. Earlier this Congress a 


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