THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                    May 20, 2009

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE:

Bartholomew Chilton, of Maryland, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for a term expiring April 13, 2013. (Reappointment)

Colin Scott Cole Fulton, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, vice Roger Romulus Martella, Jr.

Alejandro N. Mayorkas, of California, to be Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security, vice Emilio T. Gonzalez.