[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 178 (Thursday, November 2, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7003-S7004]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET

  Mr. GARDNER. Mr. President, I have 4 requests for committees to meet 
during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the 
Majority and Minority leaders.
  Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the 
Senate, the following committees are authorized to meet during today's 
session of the Senate:


                      Committee on Armed Services

  The Committee on Armed Services is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, November 2, 2017, at 9:30 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing on the following nominations: Mark T. Esper, of 
Virginia, to be Secretary of the Army, Robert L. Wilkie, of North 
Carolina, to be Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness, Joseph 
Kernan, of Florida, to be Under Secretary for Intelligence, and Guy B. 
Roberts, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary, all of the 
Department of Defense.


               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

  The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources is authorized to meet 
during the session of the Senate on Thursday, November 2, 2017, at 9:30 
a.m., in room SD-366 to hold a hearing.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  The Committee on the Judiciary is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, November 2, 2017, at 10 a.m., in 
room SD-226 to conduct a hearing on S. 807 and the following 
nominations: of Gregory G. Katsas, of Virginia, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, Jeffrey Uhlman 
Beaverstock, to be United States District Judge for the Southern 
District of Alabama, Emily Coody Marks, and Brett Joseph Talley, both 
to be a United States District Judge for the Middle District of 
Alabama, Holly Lou Teeter, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Kansas, and Matthew G. T. Martin, to be United

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States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, and 
Christina E. Nolan, to be United States Attorney for the District of 
Vermont, both of the Department of Justice.


                    Select Committee on Intelligence

  The Select Committee on Intelligence is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, November 2, 2017, at 2 p.m., in room 
SH-219 to conduct a closed hearing.

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