mr. gruenberg's credentials speak for themselves. a career public servant, longest serving member of the fdic board. the senate confirmed him unanimously five times. he's been nominated and confirmed over and over again. he first joined the fdic in 2005 after spending 25 years on capitol hill, including working as a senior counsel on the senate banking, housing, and urban affairs committee for senator sarbanes, as the presiding officer knows. this committee has been known as the banking committee for some time. and the banking committee was essentially wall street's committee. when i took over as chair, we emphasized this committee as banking, housing, urban affairs. its priorities are housing, its priorities are public transit, its priorities are making the banking system safer, not just to do the bidding of wall street. since joining the fdic, mr. gruenberg be served as chair, vice chair, acting chair and member of the fdic. take a minute and think about that and his qualifications. chair, vice chair, acting chair, and member. i've

gruenberg nomination. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. king: for the information of the senate, senators should expect a roll call vote at approximately 5:30 p.m. on monday, december 19. if there's no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until 3:00 p.m. on monday december 19.