Senate Floor Wrap Up For Wednesday, April 29, 2009
- Confirmed the following nominations:
- Ronald Weich to be Assistant Attorney General;
- April Boyd to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce;
- Robert Rivkin to be General Counsel of the Department of Transportation;
- Roy Kienitz to be Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy;
- Peter Appel to be Administrator of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Department of Transportation;
- Dana Gresham to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation;
- Joseph Szabo to be Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration;
- Sherburne Abbott to be an Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy;
- Vice Adm. David Pekoske to be Vice Admiral;
- Rear Adm. John Currier to be Vice Admiral;
- Capt. Robert Day, Jr to be Rear Admiral (Lower Half);
- Rear Adm. Jody Breckenridge to be Vice Admiral; and all nominations on the Secretary's Desk.
- Adopted S. Res.119, a resolution commending the University of Georgia gymnastics team for winning the 2009 NCAA Championship
- Adopted S. Res.120, a resolution congratulating the Trinity College Bantams for their 11th straight College Squash Association Men's Team Championship