Senate Confirms Nominees on Its Way Out of Town

Yesterday as part of its docket clearing activity prior to leaving town for their summer recess the Senate took up a large number of relatively non-controversial nominations and confirmed them en bloc. Five of those confirmations will be of specific interest to readers of this blog:

∙ Marie Therese Dominguez to be Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Department Of Transportation;

∙ Kristen Marie Kulinowski to be a member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board;

∙ Vanessa Lorraine Allen Sutherland to be a member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board; and

∙ Vanessa Lorraine Allen Sutherland to be Chairperson of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board