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“EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEES” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Labor was published in the Senate section on pages S10217 on Oct. 7, 2009.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
The following executive reports of nominations were submitted:
By Mr. HARKIN for the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
*M. Patricia Smith, of New York, to be Solicitor for the Department of Labor.
*William E. Spriggs, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor.
*Joseph A. Main, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health.
*Regina M. Benjamin, of Alabama, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, subject to qualifications therefor as provided by law and regulations, and to be Surgeon General of the Public Health Service for a term of four years.
*Nomination was reported with recommendation that it be confirmed subject to the nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
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