[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 104 (Thursday, June 21, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S4351]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET

  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I have 2 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 Foreign Relations

  The Committee on Foreign Relations is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, June 21, 2018, at 2 p.m., to conduct 
a hearing on the following nominations: Gordon D. Sondland, of 
Washington, to be Representative of the United States of America to the 
European Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador, Ronald Gidwitz, 
of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium, Cherith Norman 
Chalet, of New Jersey, to be Representative of the United States of 
America to the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform, with the 
rank of Ambassador, and to be an Alternate Representative of the United 
States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United 
Nations, during her tenure of service as Representative of the United 
States of America to the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform, 
and Brian A. Nichols, of Rhode Island, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Zimbabwe, all of the Department of State.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  The Committee on the Judiciary is authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, June 21, 2018, at 10 a.m., to 
conduct a business meeting and hearing on the following nominations: 
Britt Cagle Grant, of Georgia, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Eleventh Circuit, David James Porter, of Pennsylvania, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, Holly A. Brady, to be 
United States District Judge for the Northern District of Indiana, 
Andrew Lynn Brasher, to be United States District Judge for the Middle 
District of Alabama, James Patrick Hanlon, to be United States District 
Judge for the Southern District of Indiana, David Steven Morales, to be 
United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, Lance 
E. Walker, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Maine, Edward W. Felten, of New Jersey, and Jane Nitze, of the District 
of Columbia, both to be a Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties 
Oversight Board, and John D. Jordan, to be United States Marshal for 
the Eastern District of Missouri, Department of Justice.

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