Nomination Of Lawrence H Summers

Excerpt from Nomination of Lawrence H. Summers: Hearing Before the Committee on Finance United States Senate; One Hundred Third Congress; First Session on the Nomination of Lawrence H. Summers to Be Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs; March 18, 1993 The hearing was convened, pursuant to notice, at 10:00 a.m., in room SD-215, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (chairman of the committee) presiding. Also present: Senators Baucus, Conrad, and Chafee. [The press release announcing the hearing follows: ] [Press Release No. H-6, March 16. 1993] Confirmation Hearing for Lawrence Summers Scheduled Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D.-N.Y.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, announced today that the Committee will hold a confirmation hearing on the nomination of Lawrence Summers to be Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs. The hearing will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 18 in room SD-215, Dirksen Senate Office Building. Opening statement of Hon. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a U.S. Senator from New York, Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance The Chairman. The hour of 10:00 o'clock having arrived, our hearing would normally proceed, but a nominee has new arrived. So the hearing will stand in recess for a few moments. [Whereupon, at 10:01 a.m., the hearing was recessed.] After Recess The Chairman. A very good morning to our guests and our distinguished nominee. Senator Bradley is here. And I believe Representative Kennedy will be here shortly. I mean, Ambassador Kennedy will be here shortly. [Laughter.] Ambassador Kennedy is here. May I take the occasion of welcoming Mrs. Summers to our hearing room. We are very happy that you are able to join us this morning. Senator Bradley, if you would like to lead off? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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