[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 75 (Wednesday, May 9, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2596-S2597]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET

  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I have 8 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 Environment and Public Works

  The Committee on Environment and Public Works is authorized to meet 
during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, May 9, 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 Wednesday, May 9, 2018, at 10 a.m. to conduct 
a hearing on the following nominations: Jonathan R. Cohen, of 
California, to be the Deputy Representative of the United States of 
America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador, 
and the Deputy Representative of the United States of America in the 
Security Council of the United Nations, and to be Representative of the 
United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the 
United Nations, during his tenure of service as Deputy Representative 
of the United States of America to the United Nations, Joseph Cella, of 
Michigan, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Fiji, and to serve 
concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the 
Republic of Kiribati, the Republic of Nauru, the Kingdom of Tonga, and 
Tuvalu, and David B. Cornstein, of New York, to be Ambassador to 
Hungary, all of the Department of State, Eliot Pedrosa, of Florida, to 
be United States Alternate Executive Director of the Inter-American 
Development Bank, and Jackie Wolcott, of Virginia, to be Representative 
of the United States of America to the International Atomic Energy 
Agency, with the rank of Ambassador, and to be Representative of the 
United States of America to the Vienna Office of the United Nations, 
with the rank of Ambassador.


                      Committee on Indian Affairs

  The Committee on Indian Affairs is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Wednesday, May 9, 2018, at 4 p.m. to conduct a 
hearing on the nomination of Tara Sweeney, of Alaska, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  The Committee on the Judiciary is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Wednesday, May 9, 2018, at 10 a.m. to conduct 
a hearing on the following nominations. Ryan Wesley Bounds, of Oregon, 
to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, J. Campbell 
Barker, and Jeremy D. Kernodle, both to be a United States

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District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas, Susan Brnovich, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Arizona, Chad F. 
Kenney, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania, and Maureen K. Ohlhausen, of Virginia, to be Judge of the 
United States Court of Federal Claims.


                    Select Committee on Intelligence

  The Select Committee on Intelligence is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Wednesday, May 9, 2018, at 9:30 a.m. to 
conduct a closed hearing.


           Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining

  The Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining of the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources is authorized to meet during 
the session of the Senate on Wednesday, May 9, 2018, at 10 a.m. to 
conduct a hearing.


  Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management

  The Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency 
Management of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs is authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Wednesday, May 9, 2018, at 2:30 p.m. to conduct a hearing.


 Subcommittee on Multilateral, International Development, Multilateral 
  Insitutions, and International Economic, Energy, and Environmental 
                                 Policy

  The Subcommittee on Multilateral, International Development, 
Multilateral Insitutions, and International Economic, Energy, and 
Environmental Policy of the Committee on Foreign Relations is 
authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, May 
9, 2018, at 2:30 p.m. to conduct a hearing entitled ``A Multilateral 
and Strategic Response to International Predatory Economic Practices.''

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