[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 79 (Tuesday, May 15, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2682-S2683]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET

  Mr BARRASSO. Mr. President, I have 9 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 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, May 15, 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; to be immediately 
followed by a hearing to examine the nominations of Richard Clarida, of 
Connecticut, to be Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the 
Federal Reserve System, and to be a Member of the Board of Governors of 
the Federal Reserve System, and Michelle Bowman, of Kansas, to be a 
Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.


               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, May 15, 2018, at 10 a.m. 
to conduct a hearing on the nomination of Aimee Kathryn Jorjani, of 
Wisconsin, to be Chairman of the Advisory Council on Historic 
Preservation.


          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 Tuesday, May 15, 2018, at 
10 a.m. to conduct a hearing entitled ``Examining Oversight Reports on 
the 340B Drug Pricing Program''.


        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

  The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs is 
authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, May 15, 
2018, at 2:30 p.m. to conduct a hearing entitled ``Authorities and 
Resources Needed to Protect and Secure the United States.''


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  The Committee on the Judiciary is authorized to meet during the 
session

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of the Senate on Tuesday, May 15, 2018, at 10 a.m. to conduct a hearing 
entitled ``Protecting and Promoting Music Creation for the 21st 
Century''.


            Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

  The Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship is authorized to 
meet during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, May 15, 2018, at 3:30 
p.m. to conduct a hearing entitled ``The State of Small Business in 
America: An update from the U.S. Small Business Administration.''


                    Select Committee on Intelligence

  The Select Committee on Intelligence is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, May 10, 2018, at 9:30 a.m. to 
conduct a hearing on the nomination of William R. Evanina, of 
Pennsylvania, to be Director of the National Counterintelligence and 
Security Center.


Subcommittee on Communication, Technology, Innovation, and The Internet

  The Subcommittee on Communication, Technology, Innovation, and The 
Internet of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is 
authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, May 
10, 2018, at 10 a.m. to conduct a hearing.


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

  The Subcommittee on East Asia, The Pacific, and International 
Cybersecurity Policy of the Committee on Foreign Relations is 
authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, May 15, 
2018, at 10 a.m. to conduct a hearing entitled ``American Leadership in 
the Asia-Pacific, Part 5: The Asia Reassurance Initiative Act.''

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