and we were pleased to recommend judge michael urbanski to president obama in judg june oft year. president obama first nominated him for a seat on the western district of virginia last deisms he renominated judges urbanski earlier this year and judge urbanski was reported out of the judiciary committee without opposition on march 10 of this year. senator warner and i jointly reviewed a highly competitive field from the western district of virginia. judge urbanski skewed out stood out to me because of the resounding recommendations from the bar association, which he covers now o.a.s. a magistrate judge. they all noted judge urbanski's incredible work eth iefnlg he has worked tirelessly to ensure the efficient administration of justice. he has served in this capacity since 2004. he also has an outstanding reputation for fairness and a good judicial teem pravment he has contributed to the efficiency of the western district of virginia by being an effective mediator, resolving a substantial number of disputes without lengthy litigation. he also recently established a veterans' court i

following morning business, the senate will be in executive session to consider the nomination of michael urbanski to be united states district judge of the western district of virginia. there will be one hour of debate on that. at approximately 2:00 p.m. there will be a roll call vote on confirmation of the urbanski amendment. i'm also told that s. 953 is at the desk and due for a second reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. 953, a bill to authorize the conduct of certain lease sells in the outer continental shelf and so forth and for other purposes. mr. reid: mr. president, i object to any further proceedings with respect to this bill. the presiding officer: objection is heard. it will be placed on the calendar. mr. reid: mr. president, as i speak, the heads of the five largest oil and gas companies in the world are testifying across the street. with the country watching these extremely wealthy c.e.o.'s and extremely profitable corporations, they're trying to explain to the senate why they still need taxpayer handouts. i don't envy them because it's an impossible p

tomorrow on the confirmation of executive calendar 47, the nomination of michael urbanski to be district judge for the western district of virginia. mr. president, if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it adjourn under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until senate stands adjourned until >> continued funding for a sec engine for the new joint strike fighter and modernization of the new weapons systems. republican chairs the committee which began work at 10 a.m. this morning. we go live to the mock up session already in progress. >> it's a great example of how we can work together in this committee and in the subcommittees. thank you, and i yield back. >> any further discussion on the amendment? about the questions on the adoption of the amendment offered by mr. turner? all in favor say aye? those in favor say no. the ayes have it and the amendment is agreed to. >> mr. chairman, i call up an unblocked cartilage on package number two. the amendment will be dispensed with. [inaudible conversations] >> the gentleman's recog