[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 76 (Thursday, May 10, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S2630]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET

  Mr. TILLIS. Mr. President, I have 3 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, May 10, 2018, at 10 a.m. to conduct 
a hearing on the following nominations: Lisa Porter, of Virginia, to be 
a Deputy Under Secretary, James N. Stewart, of North Carolina, to be an 
Assistant Secretary, James H. Anderson, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary, and Gregory J. Slavonic, of Oklahoma, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of the Navy, all of the Department of Defense, and Charles P. 
Verdon, of California, to be Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, 
National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  The Committee on Foreign Relations is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, May 10, 2018, at 10 a.m. to conduct 
a hearing entitled ``Modernizing Development Finance.''


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  The Committee on the Judiciary is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, May 10, 2018, at 10 a.m. to conduct 
a hearing on the following nominations: ark Jeremy Bennett, of Hawaii, 
to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Nancy E. 
Brasel, and Eric C. Tostrud, both to be a United States District Judge 
for the District of Minnesota, Robert R. Summerhays, to be United 
States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, Andrew S. 
Oldham, of Texas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth 
Circuit, Alan D. Albright, to be United States District Judge for the 
Western District of Texas, Thomas S. Kleeh, to be United States 
District Judge for the Northern District of West Virginia, Peter J. 
Phipps, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of 
Pennsylvania, Michael J. Truncale, of Texas, to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas, Wendy Vitter, to be 
United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, and 
Cheryl A. Lydon, to be United States Attorney for the District of South 
Carolina, Sonya K. Chavez, to be United States Marshal for the District 
of New Mexico, Scott E. Kracl, to be United States Marshal for the 
District of Nebraska, and J. C. Raffety, to be United States Marshal 
for the Northern District of West Virginia, all of the Department of 
Justice.

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