S5672 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE September 24, 2019 or the Mary Gautreaux Malheur Coun- with the folks on that row if they could ADJOURNMENT UNTIL 10 A.M. ty CEO Act. have. TOMORROW Stay tuned because you are going to This weekend, we are going to have a The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- hear me talk more about Mary’s ex- chance to tell each other stories. We ate stands adjourned until 10 a.m. to- traordinary efforts in this regard. are going to have a chance to talk morrow. In the meantime, this weekend, we about all of the people Mary helped. I Thereupon, the Senate, at 6:55 p.m., are going to do what Mary Gautreaux am working now—because Mary loved adjourned until Wednesday, September wanted us to do. We talked to her bright colors—to make sure that her 25, 2019, at 10 a.m. about it. We said: Mary, we want to home and everybody there really sees f make sure that we tell Oregon—and in what she wanted, was a lot of color and this case, the country—about your life a lot of passion and a lot of friends and CONFIRMATIONS and your accomplishments and how a lot of people talking about what a Executive nominations confirmed by much we loved you. special place Oregon is and all these the Senate September 24, 2019: The way we are going to show her young people, who have done so much, DEPARTMENT OF STATE how much we loved her, this weekend, are building on her approach for bring- JOSEPH CELLA, OF MICHIGAN, TO BE AMBASSADOR EX- we are going to do what she wanted. ing people together, her values of car- TRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC OF , AND TO We are going to have one heck of a ing, standing up for people who didn’t SERVE CONCURRENTLY AND WITHOUT ADDITIONAL COM- giant party in her neighborhood, at her have very much and were outside the PENSATION AS AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA home, in northeast Portland. We are power circle of Washington. TO THE REPUBLIC OF , THE REPUBLIC OF bringing together friends and family. This is a hard talk to give, but it is , THE KINGDOM OF TONGA, AND . She has so many of them. sure easy to always remember what a SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION I am looking down this row. I guess DAVID FABIAN BLACK, OF NORTH DAKOTA, TO BE DEP- wonderful person Mary Gautreaux was, UTY COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY FOR A TERM we broke most of the rules of the Sen- how she represented the very best our EXPIRING JANUARY 19, 2025. ate because you are only supposed to State has been able to offer. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR have a couple of people here. As far as I can tell, the people I am honored to I told her privately right before she DANIEL HABIB JORJANI, OF KENTUCKY, TO BE SOLIC- died: Mary, we love you. We will al- ITOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. represent in the U.S. Senate—there are DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY more than 4 million of them—half of ways be thinking of you. BRIAN MCGUIRE, OF NEW YORK, TO BE A DEPUTY them would have showed up and sat I yield the floor. UNDER SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.

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