[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 187 (Wednesday, November 15, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7265-S7266]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET

  Mr. WICKER. Mr. President, I have 6 requests for committees to meet 
during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the 
Majority and Minority leaders.

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  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 Energy and Natural Resources

  The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources is authorized to meet 
during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, November 15, 2017, at 9 
a.m., in SR-366 to conduct a hearing.


               Committee on Environment and Public Works

  The Committee on Environment and Public Works is authorized to meet 
during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, November 15, 2017, at 10 
a.m., in SD-406 to conduct a hearing entitled ``Promoting American 
Leadership in Reducing Air Emissions Through Innovation.''


                          Committee on Finance

  The Committee on Finance is authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Wednesday, November 15, 2017, at 9 a.m., in SH-216 to 
conduct hearing on the bill entitled ``Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.''


          Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  The Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions is authorized 
to meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, November 15, 
2017, at 10 a.m., in SD-430 to conduct hearing entitled ``Encouraging 
Healthy Communities: Perspective from the Surgeon General.''


          Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  The Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions is authorized 
to meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, November 15, 
2017, at 2:30 p.m., in SD-430 to conduct hearing on the following 
nominations: Mitchell Zais, of South Carolina, to be Deputy Secretary, 
and James Blew, of California, to be Assistant Secretary for Planning, 
Evaluation, and Policy Development, both of the Department of 
Education, and Kate S. O'Scannlain, of Maryland, to be Solicitor, and 
Preston Rutledge, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary, both of the Department of Labor.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  The Committee on the Judiciary is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Wednesday, November 15, 2017, at 10 a.m., in 
SD-226 to conduct hearing on the following nominations: James C. Ho, of 
Texas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, Don R. 
Willett, of Texas, to be a Circuit Judge, United States Court of 
Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Claria Horn Boom, to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky, John 
W. Broomes, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Kansas, Rebecca Grady Jennings, to be United States District Judge for 
the Western District of Kentucky, and Robert Earl Wier, to be United 
States District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky.

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