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On the recordMarch 6, 2025
I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nomination: The nomination on the Secretary's desk in the Coast Guard; that the nomination be confirmed; that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate; that no further motions be in order to the nomination; that the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action and the Senate then immediately resume legislative session. The nomination considered and confirmed is as follows: in the coast guard * PN10 COAST GUARD nomination of Samuel B. Hafensteiner, which was received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of January 8, 2025. ____________________
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota

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