kathy greenlee is the nominee for assistant secretary of the department of aging. i want to thank chairman kennedy and ranking member mike enzi for their work on the nominations. i recognize mr. enzi. >> i have comments and it's been cleared on our side. >> all those in favor of the nominee say ayes. the nominees are confirmed by the committee and we report it accordingly. let me go back to senator murkowski until the amendments have been cleared. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to just say to the committee we had a good day yesterday. we accepted 17 amendments, and very few from their side, but as the other side of the aisle offered suggestions and we can either accept them because they did approve the bill. senator enzi, comparative effectiveness were very constructive and we voted on two of them. i believe we can finish quality today or certainly finish quality on monday. let me get to what we could accept overnight. i have four amendments that we can accept. number one, we can accept murkowski number 9 which adds physician assistant to providers who may be p