[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 17, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S2223]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET

  Mr. CORNYN. 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.
  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 Tuesday, April 17, 2018, at 9:30 a.m. to 
conduct a hearing on the following nominations: Admiral Philip S. 
Davidson, USN, for reappointment to the grade of admiral and to be 
Commander, United States Pacific Command, and General Terrence J. 
O'Shaughnessy, USAF, for reappointment to the grade of general and to 
be Commander, United States Northern Command, and Commander, North 
American Aerospace Defense Command, both of the Department of Defense.


            Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

  The Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs is authorized to 
meet during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, April 17, 2018, at 10 
a.m to conduct a hearing on the following nominations: Thelma Drake, of 
Virginia, to be Federal Transit Administrator, Department of 
Transportation, Jeffrey Nadaner, of Maryland, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Commerce, and Seth Daniel Appleton, of Missouri, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.


           Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

  The Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is authorized 
to meet during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, April 17, 2018, at 
10 a.m. to conduct a hearing on the nomination of Karl L. Schultz, to 
be Admiral and to be Commandant of the Coast Guard, Department of 
Homeland Security.


               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

  The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources is authorized to meet 
during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, April 17, 2018, at 10 a.m. 
to conduct a hearing.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  The Committee on Foreign Relations is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Tuesday, April 17, 2018, at 10 a.m. to conduct 
a hearing entitled ``U.S. Policy in Yemen.''


                        Subcommitee on Seapower

  The Subcommitee on Seapower of the Committee on Armed Services is 
authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, April 
17, 2018, at 2:30 p.m. to conduct a hearing.

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