a strong statement of support to the senate energy and natural resources committee on behalf of norman bay first met normalman when he was -- norman when he was nominated to be the u.s. attorney in new mexico. i supported his nomination then and i support his nomination now to ferc. he was a good u.s. attorney, fair and bipartisan. and with my support he remained in office as u.s. attorney until 2001. he goes on to say in 2009 norman became the director of enforcement at o.e. at ferc. this is a big job, because among other things, the o.e. must administer the antimanipulation authority you have the energy policy act of 2005, a bill that i authored when i was chairman of the senate committee on energy and natural resources and one that passed with wide bipartisan support. the antimanipulation authority was intended to give ferc the tools to combat the type of manipulation we saw in the western power crisis from 2000 to 2001. i'm pleased to hear that ferc has brought a number of significant antimanipulation cases and that the e-pac thofs port i gave -- authority i gave to ferc has been put t

the nominees are norman bay and cheryl lafleur. if confirmed norman bay would start a four-year term as commissioner and cheryl lafleur will be approved for another five-year term on the commission where she has been acting chair since last november. to live coverage of u.s. senate here on c-span2. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. eternal god, we wait expectantly for you to bring order from our world's chaos. empower our lawmakers today to contribute harmony to our nation and world by living with purity. make their thoughts and desires so pure that they can bear your scrutiny. make their words so pure that you delight to hear them. make their deeds so pure that you find joy in seeing them. and because of their pure thoughts, desires, words and deeds may our senators possess such pure hearts that they will see you. we pray in your wonderful name. amen. the president pro tempore: please join me in reciting the pledge of

the clerk: nominations, federal energy regulatory commission, norman c. bay of new mexico to be a member. cheryl a. lafleur of massachusetts to be a member. the presiding officer: under the previous order, there will be two minutes of debate prior to the vote to invoke cloture on the bay nomination. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from virginia. a senator: madam president, i have eight unanimous consent requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. i ask unanimous consent that these requests be agreed to, that the requests be printed in the record. and i also ask unanimous consent that time be yielded back on the matter currently pending. the presiding officer: without objection. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion. we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of norman c. bay o

the nominees are norman bay and cheryl lafleur. confirmed norman bay would start a four-year term as commissioner and cheryl lafleur will be approved for another five-year term on the commission where she has been acting chair since last november. to live coverage of u.s. senate here on c-span2. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. eternal god, we wait expectantly

the clerk: nomination, federal energy regulatory commission, norman c. bay of new mexico to be a member of the federal regulatory commission. mr. reid: mr. president, there is a cloture motion at the desk. i would ask the chair that it be reported. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: cloture motion. we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of norman c. bay to be a member of the federal regulatory commission as signed by the following senators -- mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the reading be waived. i ask unanimous consent the quorum under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion to proceed. all those in favor say aye. mr. reid: aye. the presiding officer: all those opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. reid:

president, i rise today to discuss the nomination of norman bay. president obama has nominated mr.bay to be the commissioner or a commissioner of the federal energy regulatory commission, called ferc. the president had announced that if mr. bay is confirmed, that his plan is to elevate mr. bay to the position of chairman of ferc. for the last few months, there have been much discussion about whether the president should have nominated mr. bay to be chairman. i think there is very good reason for us to ask whether the president really should have nominated mr. bay at all. in my view, mr. bay is not qualified to be a commissioner, let alone to be chairman of ferc. mr. bay has only five years working in the energy sector. a total of five years. this is less time than the keystone x.l. pipeline has been pending with the obama administration. during the nomination hearing, i specifically asked mr. bay about his lack of experience. in response, he cited his summer internship at the department of energy research facility during college. a summer internship during college. with all due res

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