[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 168 (Wednesday, October 18, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1099]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                            OCTOBER 19, 2017

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: business 
meeting to consider the nominations of Gregory Ibach, of Nebraska, 
to be Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, and 
William Northey, of Iowa, to be Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign 
Agricultural Services, both of the Department of Agriculture, Time 
to be announced, Room to be announced.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the roles 
and responsibilities for defending the Nation from cyber attack; 
with the possibility of a closed session in SVC-217, following the 
open session, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine 
modernizing the Food for Peace program, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine how healthy choices can improve health outcomes 
and reduce costs, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Stephanos Bibas, of Pennsylvania, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, Allison H. Eid, of Colorado, to 
be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, Annemarie 
Carney Axon, to be United States District Judge for the Northern 
District of Alabama, Michael Lawrence Brown, to be United States 
District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, Thomas Alvin 
Farr, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of 
North Carolina, William M. Ray II, to be United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, Liles Clifton Burke, to 
be United States District Judge for the Northern District of 
Alabama, Walter David Counts III, to be United States District Judge 
for the Western District of Texas, Michael Joseph Juneau, to be 
United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, 
A. Marvin Quattlebaum, Jr., to be United States District Judge for 
the District of South Carolina, Karen Gren Scholer, to be United 
States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, Tilman 
Eugene Self III, to be United States District Judge for the Middle 
District of Georgia, and John C. Demers, of Virginia, to be an 
Assistant Attorney General, Scott C. Blader, to be United States 
Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, Mark A. Klaassen, to 
be United States Attorney for the District of Wyoming, William C. 
Lamar, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of 
Mississippi, John R. Lausch, Jr., to be United States Attorney for 
the Northern District of Illinois, and J. Douglas Overbey, to be 
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, all of 
the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  No hearings are scheduled.