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“EXECUTIVE CALENDAR” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Senate section on pages S12254 on Oct. 7, 1999.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
EXECUTIVE CALENDAR
Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire. Mr. President, as in executive session, I ask unanimous consent that the Agriculture Committee be discharged from further consideration of the following nomination; and further, the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration:
Andrew Fish, to be Assistant Secretary of Agriculture.
I further ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed, en bloc, to the following nominations on the calendar:
Nos. 236, 250, 251, and 252.
Finally, I ask unanimous consent that the nominations be confirmed, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, that any statements relating to the nominations be printed in the Record, and the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The nominations considered and confirmed en bloc are as follows:
department of agriculture
Andrew C. Fish, of Vermont, to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture.
department of the treasury
John D. Hawke, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be Comptroller of the Currency for a term of five years.
department of justice
Robert Raben, of Florida, to be an Assistant Attorney General.
Robert S. Mueller, III, of California, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of California for a term of four years.
John Hollingsworth Sinclair, of Vermont, to be United States Marshal for the District of Vermont for the term of four years.
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